AUTHOR • SPEAKER • WHARTON EXEC ED FACULTY
Life After AI: Building the Human Edge
Everyone’s optimizing their organizations for AI. The best organizations will also optimize their people for each other.
Andy Bernstein teaches people a new way to work better together under pressure — building the resilience, clarity, and trust that drive performance when it matters most.
AUTHOR • SPEAKER • WHARTON EXEC ED FACULTY
Life After AI: Building the Human Edge
Everyone’s optimizing their organizations for AI. The best organizations will also optimize their people for each other.
Andy Bernstein teaches people a new way to work better together under pressure — building the resilience, clarity, and trust that drive performance when it matters most.
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WHAT ANDY DELIVERS
Tools That Stick
Most keynotes give people a feeling — motivation, empowerment, possibility. But this feeling rarely survives the trip back to work, where people are quickly immersed again in pressure, disruption, and change.
Andy delivers an engaging, highly interactive presentation. He used to write for the Muppets, so audiences find him funny and relatable rather than academic or canned.
But the real takeaway is a repeatable 7-step process for tackling difficult issues more effectively. Participants don’t just leave inspired; they leave with a toolkit they can use for every new challenge that arises.
Andy supports this with bundled access to his Resilience Academy online, so the value continues long after the session ends — generating new breakthroughs at work, on teams, and at home, with no stigma or “touchy-feeliness.”
For Andy’s current topics, availability, and fees, visit his page at Washington Speakers Bureau below, or contact us to discuss your event.
CHOOSE THE AREA THAT INTERESTS YOU
About My Work
I first became interested in resilience as a teenager, when my father and little sister died unexpectedly.
I spent years trying to understand why some experiences overwhelm us while others don’t — exploring dozens of approaches along the way, while working as a baker in Maine, an advertising copywriter in Vermont, and then a screenwriter for the Muppets in Los Angeles.
In 2000, I met Byron Katie and became deeply involved in helping bring her approach, The Work, to a wider audience. But I also saw that many people I knew — particularly in business — didn’t connect with it. That got me thinking about whether the underlying insights could be approached differently.
In 2004, I developed my own method for helping people work through pressure, conflict, and change. I’ve been teaching and refining it ever since — at Wharton Executive Education and with thousands of leaders at many of the world’s leading organizations.
What began as a method for personal resilience gradually expanded: the same underlying skills affect how we relate to partners and children, how teams function under pressure, and how communities navigate disagreement and change.
Choose the area below that interests you most.
FOR EVENT MANAGERS
Keynotes
Give your audience actionable tools to handle change. Visit Washington Speakers Bureau for topics, availability, and fees.
FOR TEAMS
Team Ecology
Turn team friction from a liability to an asset. Help your team deepen alignment under pressure — and grow.
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
Resilience Academy
Learn where stress really comes from and how to transform challenges in just 7 steps. The first course is free.
CHOOSE THE AREA THAT INTERESTS YOU
About My Work
I first became interested in resilience as a teenager, when my father and little sister died unexpectedly.
I spent years trying to understand why some experiences overwhelm us while others don’t — exploring dozens of approaches along the way, while working as a baker in Maine, an advertising copywriter in Vermont, and then a screenwriter for the Muppets in Los Angeles.
In 2000, I met Byron Katie and became deeply involved in helping bring her approach, The Work, to a wider audience. But I also saw that many people I knew — particularly in business — didn’t connect with it. That got me thinking about whether the underlying insights could be approached differently.
In 2004, I developed my own method for helping people work through pressure, conflict, and change. I’ve been teaching and refining it ever since — at Wharton Executive Education and with thousands of leaders at many of the world’s leading organizations.
What began as a method for personal resilience gradually expanded: the same underlying skills affect how we relate to partners and children, how teams function under pressure, and how communities navigate disagreement and change.
Choose the area below that interests you most.
HANDLE CHANGE BETTER
Keynotes
Give your audience practical tools for navigating pressure, disruption, and change — long after the event ends.
WORK BETTER TOGETHER
Team Ecology
Turn friction from a liability into an asset. Build greater alignment, accountability, and performance under pressure.
START WITH YOURSELF
Resilience Academy
Learn where stress really comes from and a repeatable 7-step process for transforming difficult situations. Start free.
HANDLE CHANGE BETTER
Keynotes
Give your audience practical tools for navigating pressure, disruption, and change — long after the event ends.
WORK BETTER TOGETHER
Team Ecology
Turn friction from a liability into an asset. Build greater alignment, accountability, and performance under pressure.
START WITH YOURSELF
Resilience Academy
Learn where stress really comes from and a repeatable 7-step process for transforming difficult situations. Start free.
HOW STRESS REALLY WORKS
About the Book
“Masterful… I’ve never read a more useful book about managing stress — I’ve made it required reading for some of the people who matter most to me.”
– Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again, Originals, and Give & Take
“An outstanding guide to understanding the nature of stress and how to handle it. The book provides numerous insights and techniques for anyone experiencing stress — and who doesn’t?”
– Aaron T. Beck, M.D., founder of Cognitive Therapy
Andy’s work began with an eye-opening exploration of how the modern stress concept was built on a fundamental mistake. His book shows how this mistake happened, where stress really comes from, and why lasting resilience begins with a profound shift in mindset.
Client Feedback
Andy has taught regularly through Wharton Executive Education since 2007, and has spoken to thousands of senior leaders. Below are a few testimonials. Ask us for specific industries or event types.
“Enormously positive.”
“Useful, tangible ways of thinking differently, and real ways of solving differences. Wishing I had done this when I began my career.”
“Eye-Opening”
“This is more than just accepting that I can’t change my surroundings. Instead it changes my perspective. Very positive.”
“Extraordinarily successful.”
“People were able to learn how to utilize the process and make positive shifts in their thinking/experience in just a couple of hours. Andy is a rock star instructor.”
“Very insightful — simple but not easy”
“A clear, concise way to deal with challenges, with practical applications and immediate results.”
“An enlightening experience”
“It gave us a new tool to manage work/life responsibilities. It’s a great technique I would recommend to other organizations committed to helping their employees be more productive and balanced.”
“Valuable and unique”
“Eye-opening on changing your perspective when dealing with tough issues and solving them“
“An excellent introduction to resiliency”
“If practiced well, it can tremendously reduce the burden of stress at work and home.“
“Insightful and illuminating”
“Great presenter with a pragmatic approach to improvement at work and at home.”
“Practical and eye-opening”
“Great EQ insights. Insightful, engaging, actionable, and pragmatic. Loved it.
“By far the most useful, provocative, and fascinating seminar I have ever participated in”
“It’s not nonsense, it’s not a Band-Aid, it’s just smart, tangible, and something that can be implemented across the board.”
“Relevant both personally and professionally”
“Year after year, Andy Bernstein’s sessions are among the top requested and top scoring sessions at the Securities Industry Institute. Andy is always listed as one of the favorite faculty members of the program.”
“Thought-provoking and powerful”
“Engaging. Great take-away. Resources both for my personal and professional life. This was time well spent.”
“Enormously positive.”
“Useful, tangible ways of thinking differently, and real ways of solving differences. Wishing I had done this when I began my career.”
“Eye-Opening”
“This is more than just accepting that I can’t change my surroundings. Instead it changes my perspective. Very positive.”
“Extraordinarily successful.”
“People were able to learn how to utilize the process and make positive shifts in their thinking/experience in just a couple of hours. Andy is a rock star instructor.”
“Very insightful — simple but not easy”
“A clear, concise way to deal with challenges, with practical applications and immediate results.”
“An enlightening experience”
“It gave us a new tool to manage work/life responsibilities. It’s a great technique I would recommend to other organizations committed to helping their employees be more productive and balanced.”
“Valuable and unique”
“Eye-opening on changing your perspective when dealing with tough issues and solving them“
“An excellent introduction to resiliency”
“If practiced well, it can tremendously reduce the burden of stress at work and home.“
“Insightful and illuminating”
“Great presenter with a pragmatic approach to improvement at work and at home.”
“Practical and eye-opening”
“Great EQ insights. Insightful, engaging, actionable, and pragmatic. Loved it.
“By far the most useful, provocative, and fascinating seminar I have ever participated in”
“It’s not nonsense, it’s not a Band-Aid, it’s just smart, tangible, and something that can be implemented across the board.”
“Relevant both personally and professionally”
“Year after year, Andy Bernstein’s sessions are among the top requested and top scoring sessions at the Securities Industry Institute. Andy is always listed as one of the favorite faculty members of the program.”
“Thought-provoking and powerful”
“Engaging. Great take-away. Resources both for my personal and professional life. This was time well spent.”