2026 MAIN THEME
ReCode: The New AI Blueprint
2025 was all about Putting AI To Work. Today, work itself is changing faster than the systems that support it.
Organizations have tested the tools. They’ve seen the demos. They’ve run the pilots. But most are still stuck between promise and progress. Not because the technology isn’t ready, but because the systems, operating models, and ways of working weren’t designed for what comes next.
ReCode is about rethinking how work actually runs.
It’s about moving beyond isolated pilots and point solutions, and establishing a clear blueprint for how AI, people, processes, and systems work together at scale. It’s a shift from deploying AI to designing AI-enabled ways of working — with intent, coherence, and confidence.
This isn’t a conversation about tools. It’s a conversation about operating models, coordination, talent, and outcomes.
In 2026, DPW brings together leaders who are done experimenting and ready to ReCode — those who are breaking out of pilot purgatory, redesigning how work is structured, and building AI-ready operating models for a world where humans and machines work together.