Daisy has held leadership roles at Moody’s, Google, Disney, and Vice, she advises Fortune 500s, startups, and nonprofits across industries on scaling culture, building resilient teams and systems, and leading through uncertainty. And she’s the author of Inclusion Revolution and Burnt Out to Lit Up offering practical strategies for creating inclusive workplaces and revitalizing leadership.
A sought-after speaker and moderator, Daisy has shared insights on TEDx stages and in corporate boardrooms, and her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Inc., Forbes, MSNBC, and Fox’s Good Day New York. Named one of Hispanic Executive’s Top 10 Leaders and People en Español’s 25 Most Powerful Women, she serves on the Board of Trustees at Bucknell University and several advisory boards dedicated to transforming workplaces and communities.
Artificial intelligence is no longer something to prepare for—it’s already here, shaping everything from hiring systems to performance reviews. In a recent WIE Suite Masterclass, Daisy Auger-Domínguez urges leaders to think differently about this moment: not with fear, but with intention. “AI isn’t artificial, it’s augmented,” she reminded us. “It can help us think faster, decide smarter, and act more efficiently. But if we’re not careful, it can also strip away curiosity, connection, and fairness.”
Here are five key takeaways from her recent talk:
For Daisy, the question is not “Will AI replace me?” but rather “How can AI work with me, for me, and for my team?” She reframed AI as a tool to augment human ability—a partner that can free us to focus on creativity, discernment, and leadership.
AI transformation isn’t a technical challenge with a clear fix, it’s an adaptive one. “Technical problems are solved with expertise,” Daisy explained. “Adaptive challenges require experimentation, learning, and cultural change.” She encouraged leaders to replace shame with safety, making room for teams to test, fail, and learn together.
AI may speed up tasks, but it cannot replicate the human connection at the heart of leadership. Daisy gave a clear example: while dashboards can summarize peer feedback, “no dashboard can replace a manager saying, I see you, here’s where you can grow.” The real differentiator for leaders will be maintaining trust, mentorship, and recognition in an increasingly automated world.
Daisy warned of cognitive bypass, when over-reliance on AI causes our problem-solving muscles to weaken. More critically, she noted, AI has the power to amplify bias if unchecked. “Inclusion isn’t automatic, it has to be intentional,” she said, calling on leaders to build bias checks into workflows and create feedback loops so employees can flag unfair outcomes.
Despite all the hype, Daisy reminded us of one truth: “AI may automate tasks, but it can’t replace relationships.” The most future-proof skills — discernment, empathy, storytelling, connection — are the very ones that make us human. “These are the messy parts that become the glue of how we work,” she said. “And they’re what make careers sustainable.”
Daisy closed with a challenge and a quote: “What’s your human edge in this AI era? What’s one skill you have that AI can’t replicate?” She left us with the words of James Baldwin: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
In other words, the future of work isn’t about resisting AI - it’s about leading with courage, discernment, and humanity.
