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Mandi Bishop
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Upskilling Employees
Speaker Bio
Mandi Bishop is a Distinguished VP Analyst on the CIO Industries research team. She is a thought leader on digital business and innovation, helping senior executives understand, communicate, and navigate the intersection of industry, society, and technology. Her specialty is health insurance industry (healthcare payer) transformation, including topics such as regulatory impacts, AI strategy, and the future of interoperability.
She has received Gartner's Analyst of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards and was honored as one of 25 "Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT" in 2017 and 2016.
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She has received Gartner's Analyst of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards and was honored as one of 25 "Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT" in 2017 and 2016.
Session
Monday, February 23, 2026 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM MST
Soft Skills Are the Essential Upskill Imperative in the Age of AI
Mandi Bishop,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
As AI advances, technical skills like data science and engineering are increasingly radically augmented and automated. Success now hinges on soft skills — business domain expertise, communications — to collaborate with models and unlock value from generative and agentic AI. This session explores why these skills are emergent competitive differentiators and how to identify upskilling opportunities.
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