Live Event | The Manager After Management: Rethinking Leadership in the Age of AI

ASEM Live Event

The Manager After Management: Rethinking Leadership in the Age of AI

Presented by Simran Rajpal

29 September 2026 ~ 12pm EDT / 11am CDT

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What happens when the systems we manage begin to think, learn and act with us?

For decades, engineering management has been built around planning, predictability, optimization and control. AI is beginning to challenge that foundation. As intelligent systems take on a greater role in decision-making, analysis, coordination and execution, the manager’s role is shifting from controller to sense-maker, from planner to curator of intelligence.

This event explores the transition from systems thinking to agentic thinking and asks a bigger question: How should management evolve when intelligence is no longer exclusively human?

Drawing on established management thinking and emerging AI realities, we will explore the rise of intelligent organizations, the changing role of managerial judgement, the relationship between human and algorithmic decision-making and the new literacies engineering managers will need to lead in an AI-enabled world.

About the Presenter:

Simran Rajpal is a technology and business professional working as the Chief Business Analyst at Indeses Business Ventures. She works at the intersection of AI, digital transformation and business process engineering. With an engineering background from Vellore Institute of Technology and an MSc in Management from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, she brings together technical understanding and strategic management perspectives.

Her experience spans technology consulting, banking technology, enterprise systems, product development and AI-led transformation initiatives. In her current work, she focuses on understanding complex business processes and translating them into scalable digital and AI-enabled solutions.

Her interests include AI in engineering management, enterprise transformation, process intelligence and how emerging technologies are reshaping managerial decision-making and the future of work.