Driving Real Learning Impact: How AI Is Reinventing Behavior Change at Scale

You’ve invested in training, but how do you ensure it sticks, drives behavior change, and moves the needle on performance?

In this focused 45-minute session, Sageful AI Co-founder and CEO Michael Papay will share how new advances in AI are transforming learning sustainment and making it possible to scale the kind of behavior change that coaching once promised but couldn’t deliver broadly or consistently.

The first 30 minutes will deliver a fast-paced overview of practical, research-informed strategies for bridging the knowing–doing gap. The final 15 minutes will be open for live Q&A and discussion.

You’ll come away with simple, actionable insights to reinforce learning, track impact, and connect training to what matters most: real outcomes and human growth.

You’ll Learn How To:

• Go beyond smile sheets to define and track meaningful impact metrics

• Use conversational AI to embed follow-through and coaching in the flow of work

• Design a sustainment strategy that sustains behavior change

• Link learning programs to business outcomes and executive priorities

Meet Your Speaker: Michael Papay

Michael is a three-time founder and CEO who has built and led award-winning companies at the intersection of learning, technology, and human performance. Today, he serves as Co-founder and CEO of Sageful AI, a platform designed to help people and organizations thrive and grow by turning learning into lasting behavior change at scale.

Previously, Michael was the Co-founder and CEO of Waggl (acquired by Perceptyx/TCV), where he helped organizations like PepsiCo, Heineken, Freddie Mac, and UCHealth activate employee voice and foster cultures of transparency, alignment, and accountability. Waggl was recognized as an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company (#141) and received multiple Best Place to Work awards under his leadership.

Before Waggl, Michael served as President & CEO of the Fort Hill Company, a pioneer in learning transfer technology and a longtime champion of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning. Fort Hill played a leading role in scaling the Six Disciplines and learning transfer solutions through partnerships with organizations such as The Center for Creative Leadership, The Ken Blanchard Companies, Home Depot, Cisco Systems, GE, Deloitte, The Home Depot, and Kaiser Permanente.

Throughout his career, Michael has been guided by a consistent mission: to empower people in ways that fuel their growth and experience (at work) while helping organizations thrive.