Leading with Context: Lessons from Atlassian’s AI journey
Learn what it actually takes to close the gap between AI adoption and enterprise-wide ROI. Join Atlassian's Chief People & AI Enablement Officer Avani Prabhakar and Head of Engineering, Developer Infrastructure Hari Lingamagunta for a candid conversation drawn from Atlassian's Leading with Context report.
85% of knowledge workers now use AI. But only 6% of executives can point to clear, organization-wide ROI.
The organizations pulling ahead aren't just bolting AI onto existing tools; they're rewiring their workflows, culture, and knowledge systems around it.
At Atlassian, we’ve spent the past year embedding AI into how our teams plan, decide, and deliver. In this session, Atlassian's Chief People & AI Enablement Officer Avani Prabhakar and Head of Engineering, Developer Infrastructure Hari Lingamagunta share the five questions every enterprise leader is asking and what Atlassian has learned answering them:
How do we drive accountability? Why some AI transformations stall, how to put the right owners in place, and the goals each function should own.
How do we unlock the ROI of AI? Why models aren't the moat; your organization’s institutional memory is, and how connecting AI to our connected context cut token usage by 48% without sacrificing speed.
How do we make AI part of our culture? How leadership modeling, structured rituals, and protected time for experimentation drove over 99% of Atlassians to use AI in their daily work, without a single mandate.
How will teams evolve? Why you should redesign the work before you redesign the org chart, starting with tasks, then skills, then roles.
How do we measure success? How to shift from tracking adoption to measuring real business impact and why a single AI superuser lifts their entire team's performance by 56%.
Whether you're a CIO, CHRO, CTO, or transformation lead, you'll walk away with a practical framework for turning AI activity into business outcomes.
Sprekers
Avani Prabhakar
Chief People & AI Enablement Officer
Als Chief People Officer leidt Avani Prabhakar de People-organisatie van Atlassian, die teams omvat zoals HR, Arbeidsrelaties, Talent, Arbeidsvoorwaarden, Menseninzichten, M&A adviseurs, Diversiteit, Gelijkheid en Inclusie, en Team Anywhere in de wereldwijde aanwezigheid van Atlassian.
De rol van Avani is gericht op het ondersteunen van bedrijfstransformaties, het ontwikkelen van teams van wereldklasse die op de eerste plaats staan en het ontwikkelen van de processen, het beleid en de praktijken die Atlassians in staat stellen hun volledige potentieel te benutten.
Avani is gepassioneerd over het benutten van de kracht van multifunctionele teams en partnerschappen om resultaten met een grote impact te behalen.
Ze heeft meer dan 20 jaar ervaring in Azië-Pacific, het Midden-Oosten en de VS in verschillende sectoren, waaronder technologie, luchtvaart, techniek en professionele dienstverlening.
Hari Lingamagunta
Head of Engineering (Developer Infrastructure)
Hari Lingamagunta is the Head of Engineering for Developer Infrastructure at Atlassian, where he's currently leading the company's AI-first engineering transformation. Hari leads a global team building the platform, developer loop, and tooling behind Jira, Confluence, and Trello.
With 20+ years across Amazon, Concur, and SAP, Hari is known for building high-performance teams and obsessing over reliability, scalability, and performance at scale.
Liz Fosslien
Head of Thought Leadership, Atlassian
Liz Fosslien leidt een team dat het strategische platform voor de merkboodschap van het bedrijf ontwikkelt in samenwerking met productmarketing, onderzoek, verkoop en communicatie. Ze is ook co-auteur en illustrator van de nationale bestseller Big Feelings en de Wall Street Journal-bestseller No Hard Feelings.
