Building an AI Ready Culture – Leading People Through The Shift

The technology is ready — is our leadership? Building on the cultural diagnosis from Part 1, this session turns to the behaviors leaders use to move people through change. We’ll unpack the four cultural blockers that quietly stall AI — fear of irrelevance, silence at the top, permission culture, and innovation shame — and the practical antidote to each.

You’ll be introduced to H.E.A.R.T.-powered leadership (Humanize, Empower, Ascend, Reimagine, Transform) and three shifts that separate leaders who stall from leaders who move: control to empowerment, certainty to curiosity, and plans to experiments. Live polling and rapid-fire scenarios let you practice responding to the skeptic, the fear, and the brake. 

Speaker:

Kevin Ordonez
President and Managing Director, Digital Strategy, .orgSource

You’ll walk away with:

• Identify the leadership behaviors and communication strategies that build trust and reduce resistance to AI. 
• Recognize the four cultural blockers in their own organization and name the antidote to each. 
• Describe the three shifts from control, certainty, and plans to empowerment, curiosity, and experiments.