Recharge & Reboot: How to stay sharp when everything keeps changing

High performance is cool - until your internal battery hits 1% and the tech stack you mastered last year becomes obsolete. Sound familiar? Continuous change + running on coffee and pure willpower is a fast track to quiet burnout and change fatigue. It’s time for a proper system upgrade. Join us for a three-part, fluff-free session: Part 1: Your Battery (Silent Metabolic Debt) - We’re diving into neurobiology to fix how you recharge. Forget "time management"-you’ll learn how to budget biological energy\, use quick nervous system resets (NSDR)\, and stop running on reserve power. Part 2: Your Skill Tree (Click Here to Re-Spec) - We’ll look at career shifts through RPG mechanics. When your build no longer fits the current meta\, how do you pivot without losing your mind? Learn how to transfer your hard-earned XP and re-allocate skill points without starting from Level 1. Part 3: Part 3: Your Inner Boss (The Toughest Manager in Your Head) - Great teams and targets won't save you if your worst micromanager lives in your own mind. We’ll decode how the inner critic disguises toxic perfectionism as ambition and feeds the fear of failure. Learn how to keep your high standards and drive results - without letting internal self-criticism burn you out. Zero corporate jargon - just practical protocols for your nervous system and a gamified framework to navigate endless change. More info about sessions and speakers: Part 1: Silent Metabolic Debt: Why willpower and coffee/energy drinks are no longer enough You can hit every target while operating on the brink of biological bankruptcy. Quiet burnout slowly drains your clarity and resilience, forcing your body into perpetual emergency mode. Stop budgeting time you don't have - start managing your real currency: energy. We’ll decode neurobiology into science-backed protocols: 4-level energy budgeting, adenosine control, NSDR resets, and ultradian rhythms. No fluff -just tools to reclaim and sustain your peak cognitive form. Speaker: Kinga Bazior - Restoring Agency & Psychological Safety HR is dead. Welcome to Human Relations. Let’s stop pretending Excel spreadsheets build innovation. Real success is driven by people, autonomy, and psychological safety. As a Trainer, Mentor, and Speaker (9+ years in STEAM), I cut through corporate noise to build environments where people stop masking and start delivering. Real Impact: Agency | Psychological Safety| Neuroinclusion. No rigid templates. I support your growth your way. On stage\, I speak plainly about hard truths; in workshops\, I spark immediate action. Beyond the stage: Dogs mom | Traveler | Book & podcast devourer | Foodie Part 2: Click here to re-spec: how game mechanics helped me understand change fatigue Have you ever found yourself in a position where your skills no longer "fit"? Have you invested countless skill points in a particular technology or framework, only to watch it be replaced by the next big thing during yet another wave of transformation? We live in a world where knowledge becomes obsolete at a terrifying pace, and change fatigue holds us back with a stronger grip than ever before. But all is not lost! Our skill trees may not be evergreen, but the XP and traits we've earned are priceless. And I'll tell you why, using mechanics straight out of role-playing games. \\Speaker: Maciej Król - IS People Development Specialist \\ Applied Psychology graduate, People Development Specialist with over 9 years of work in ABB, specializing in all things growth-related. Currently working in People Excellence team in ABB Information Systems, handling programs for High Potential Leaders, development events and initiatives. INFP, Enneagram 2 (Considerate Helper), avid reader, nerd. Interested in non-verbal communication and presentation skills, believer in humor at workplace. Part 3: Your Toughest Manager Lives in Your Head You can have a supportive manager, a healthy team and realistic goals - and still feel like nothing you do is ever quite enough. Why? Because sometimes the toughest manager is the one living in your own head. The inner critic can sound like ambition, responsibility or high standards. It tells us to prepare more, work harder, avoid mistakes and keep improving. But there is an important difference between “I want to do this well” and “If I don’t do this perfectly, something is wrong with me.” In this session, we will explore where the inner critic comes from, what function it may serve and how it can show up at work through perfectionism, overthinking, comparison and fear of failure. We will also look at why self-criticism can feel motivating - and what research tells us about healthier ways of pushing ourselves forward. The goal is not to lower our standards or silence the inner critic completely. It is to learn how to keep ambition and high standards without turning every mistake into evidence that we are not good enough. \\Speaker: Aleksandra Biel - User Experience & Consumer Journeys Specialist \\ Aleksandra is a psychologist passionate about bridging the gap between psychology and business. Currently training to become a psychotherapist, she is deeply interested in human behavior and creating environments where people can thrive. At ABB, she applies her expertise in human-centered research as a UX Researcher, focusing on designing inclusive and meaningful user experiences. Event Details: Date: October 1st, 2026 Time: 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM Location: ABB Office, ul. Przy Rondzie 4, Kraków Please RSVP and save the date! Please share this link with friends and on social media! Please arrive on time, we have to manage the reception on the ground floor Let's connect and discuss the latest trends and challenges together. In the meantime, if you would like to receive regular update from our Kraków HUB together with the job spotlights, join our Talent Community