One full day · Brussels · Founding edition
Why you?
Staying relevant in the age of AI. What will make you valuable when expertise alone is no longer enough?
Two professionals. Similar experience, similar expertise, similar results. One gets the bigger opportunity — or circumstances change and only one role remains.
Ten years ago the answer was expertise. But when analysis takes minutes instead of days, expertise stops being what separates two capable people.
Something still decides it. It just isn't expertise any more.
So — what would make it you?
Is this for you?
Yes — if
- You're an experienced professional, manager or leader asking what will make you genuinely valuable for the next phase of your career.
- You see how quickly AI is changing work, and know that simply learning more tools isn't the complete answer.
- You want to stay valuable and competitive inside your organisation — and on the external job market.
- You want development based on your own profile, not the same competency list everyone else receives.
- And you're willing to challenge some assumptions about how you currently operate.
What you leave with
- Your personal capability profile, from the Professional Value Diagnostic™
- Your development priority, named precisely — not "improve your emotional intelligence", but the specific way of operating that is costing you, described clearly enough to practise on Thursday
- A 90-day plan tied to real situations in your role, in use the following week
- A 30-day online check-in on what actually changed
- A certificate of participation on completion
Twenty professionals may enter the same Lab. They should not leave with the same development priorities.
Tuesday 17 November 2026 · Brussels · 20 places
€657 + VAT (€795 incl.) · No payment now — we confirm your place first, then invoice.
What the day works on, and how
AI is becoming extraordinarily good at analysing information, finding patterns and producing answers. But senior work isn't only cognitive. It involves people: uncertainty, resistance, competing interests, difficult conversations, judgment calls, trust, change.
A leader doesn't create value simply by having the answer. They read the room, recognise what isn't being said, stay steady under pressure, navigate conflict, challenge a convincing answer, and help people move when the old way no longer works.
The more technologically advanced work becomes, the more valuable genuinely human capability becomes.
This is not AI training. No prompts, no tools, no automation. You'll work on what AI doesn't absorb — and the diagnostic tells you which part of it is worth your attention first.
The four areas
Think
Think beyond the answer you're given.
Feel
Manage yourself, and read others.
Connect
Move people, not just inform them.
Adapt
Change when what worked stops working.
How the day sits in a longer process
You complete your Professional Value Diagnostic™ and arrive knowing where you stand.
One full day in Brussels. Your profile under pressure — applied practice, expert challenge and honest feedback on how you actually operate.
Your individual 90-day plan, and an online check-in 30 days later.
Who leads it
Kasia Biernacka
Leadership Transformation Coach · HR & Organisational Development
More than 20 years across HR, talent, leadership and organisational development, including AXA, Bridgestone and the European Climate Foundation.
Tanja Niederschick
Clinical Psychologist & Psychotherapist
Master of Clinical Psychology and licensed cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, 16+ years in practice. Member of the Belgian Federation and Commission of Psychologists, and teaches couple therapy to trainee CBT therapists at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
One lens examines what makes professionals valuable at work.
The other helps turn development into behaviour.
Founding Brussels edition
€657 + 21% VAT
€795 in total, including VAT.
| Your place | €657 + VAT €795 total |
| Second participant, same organisation | €574 + VAT €695 total |
| Three or more | €537 + VAT each €650 each |
No payment now. Places are limited, so we confirm your place first and send the invoice afterwards. Registration closes Friday 6 November. Full refund up to 14 days before.
The 17th doesn't work, or Brussels isn't your city?
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