Past talk · AI Executive Summit
Your Company Has a Mind of Its Own
Teams take on moods, habits and loyalties that no single person chose. Chandra Rai brought psychoanalysis and group dynamics to a day about building the AI-native enterprise.
When
Sunday, September 27, 2026
10 AM to 5 PM PDT
Where
Google Huddle
Mountain View, California
Hosted by
Progressive Ventures
Mala Ramakrishnan, Founder & Managing Partner
Why a Company Seems to Think for Itself
A company is more than the sum of the people in it. Over time it develops its own atmosphere: what can be said in meetings, who is listened to, which decisions get made and which quietly stall. Leaders feel these forces long before they can name them.
In this talk, Chandra draws on psychoanalysis and group dynamics to introduce how groups work, starting from the basics, and how who you are as a person shapes the way you lead. The basics are introduced from scratch.
About Chandra Rai
Chandra Rai is a psychoanalyst and writer. Before training as a psychoanalyst, she spent fifteen years as a systems engineer in Silicon Valley. Her writing has appeared in The American Psychoanalyst and Critica.
She is the founder of Intera People Co, which offers psychoeducation on how people function inside themselves and between each other.
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This Talk Has Taken Place
Chandra spoke at the AI Executive Summit in Mountain View on September 27, 2026. For upcoming seminars and workshops, see what’s next.
Questions? interapeople@gmail.com