Riverside Sip & Learn: The Engagement Crisis + AI Shift

AI is moving fast.

But most organizations aren’t struggling with technology—they’re struggling with engagement, trust, and leadership capacity. According to Gallup's landmark workplace studies, a staggering 77% of global employees are not engaged at work, quietly draining productivity and driving massive organizational turnover.

Before you automate, scale, or redesign your workforce, there’s a bigger question: Is your people infrastructure ready for it?

🍻 Join us for a high-impact Sip & Learn designed for HR leaders, business owners, and operational executives navigating real-time change. In this session, we’ll break down what’s happening beneath the surface of today’s workforce—and what it means for your business bottom line.

• The $10 Trillion Engagement Gap: Unpacking the data behind the latest Gallup findings on the quiet crisis of employee disengagement, and the practical HR infrastructure required to protect your productivity and stop manager burnout.
• The AI Accelerant: Why AI is acting as an accelerant—not a solution—to existing culture challenges.
• The Manager Burnout Gap: Realigning leadership capacity before execution breaks down.
• Risk & Compliance: How disengagement quietly shows up in organizational risk and financial performance.
• Actionable Strategy: Practical frameworks to immediately strengthen trust, clarity, and leadership alignment.

• Healthy HR Partners (Kendra Holybee, SPHR & Steven Bush, MBA, SHRM-SCP) → Rebuilding culture infrastructure, compliance safeguards, and leadership readiness.
• Paylocity → (Emma Burns) Modernizing operational systems, automated workflows, and practical AI readiness.

This event is made possible by our industry partners who specialize in protecting and scaling local businesses. Meet their teams in the room:

• Paylocity | Next-Gen HCM, Payroll, and Workforce Technology Partner
• Acrisure | Exclusive Commercial Brokerage, Property & Casualty, and Employee Benefits Partner
• Human Interest | Modern, Full-Service 401(k) and Retirement Infrastructure Partner

• Walk away with clear, practical insights you can apply immediately to stop manager burnout.
• Understand how to align real strategies across HR infrastructure, compliance, and organizational health.
• Connect with other local operators and leaders navigating similar workforce challenges.
• Gain perspective before making high-impact decisions around AI and workforce strategy.

• HR Leaders & People Operations
• Business Owners, Founders, & C-Suite Executives
• Operations Leaders