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Back to Speaking PMI Mass Bay · September 25, 2026 Aloft Hotel, Boston Seaport

I Asked an AI to Run My Project. Here's What It Got Wrong.

What happens when you put an AI in the hot seat in front of a live audience and ask it the questions project managers face every day? The answers are fast, structured, and impressively confident. They're also missing something essential.

Human judgment in AI Project leadership Empathy-driven delivery

What this session is about

In this session, we do exactly that—live, on stage, with real questions from the room. AI gets asked what project managers face every day. And then we look at the answers together: where AI delivers genuine value, where it falls short, and what those gaps reveal about what project leadership actually requires.

This is not a session about whether AI belongs in project management. It does. This is a session about what belongs to you.

Live AI on stage

Real questions from the room. Real AI answers. Examined together in the moment.

Where AI actually helps

An honest look at where AI accelerates delivery work—and where it creates a convincing illusion of it.

The M.O.R.E. framework

A four-part model—Mindset, Outcomes, Realization, Elevation—built to help project professionals put empathy-driven leadership into practice starting Monday.

What belongs to you

The judgment, accountability, and human leadership that no AI output can replace—and how to protect it.

Learning objectives

  • Identify where AI tools provide genuine project management value—and where they fall short.
  • Recognize what AI-confident answers are missing and why that matters for delivery.
  • Apply the M.O.R.E. framework (Mindset, Outcomes, Realization, Elevation) to empathy-driven leadership.
  • Leave with a concrete practice to carry into the next week of work.

Who it's for

Project managers Program managers Delivery leads Scrum masters PMI members