Program tracks
Over the course of two days, you’ll participate in three, three-hour, hands-on program tracks, all led by national experts in their fields. Confirmed tracks are listed below, and more will be added soon. As we get closer to the event, you’ll be able to rank order your preferred tracks. We’ll assign tracks in order of registration date, so register early to get first dibs. Each track will be offered multiple times over the course of the Summit to accommodate as many attendees as possible.
Enough is Enough!
It’s time to reimagine the way we work.
Breaking the paradigm of “work as drudgery” isn’t easy. First of all, who has the time to think big thoughts when we’re constantly sprinting from meeting to meeting and drowning in messages from innumerable platforms? We’ve worked this way for so long now – days packed with talking about work rather than doing it – that many of us are frankly disheartened and too tired to fight.
Fortunately, reinforcements are on the way. The generations behind us think we’re nuts. They refuse to “pay their dues” and “serve the man” as so many of us had to do. A revolution is on the way. But in the meantime, how do we edge closer to the perfect work trifecta – efficient, effective, and joyful?
That’s the question that Stop Meeting Like This has been trying to answer for over a decade. During that time, we’ve worked with organizations large and small to adopt new ways of working that produce better business outcomes and enhance the human experience of work.
Along that journey, we’ve learned a few important lessons which we’ll share in this session:
How to manage your time with greater purpose and intention
How to unlearn habitual work patterns that deplete your cognitive resources
How to move from reactivity to productivity by outsmarting your brain’s defense mechanisms
How to inspire change at the team and organizational levels and reset the work culture
Leadership in the Era of AI Tools
How do you lead when the future is changing faster than your team can adapt?
As AI reshapes the way we work, the role of the team leader is evolving. AI tools have become more accessible to individual workers, but the complexity this creates for team and organizational leaders is under-appreciated. Delegating responsibilities within a team setting can be hard enough without considering the roles that AI can play in augmenting team members or, eventually, substituting for them.
When teams feel threatened by automation, confused by shifting expectations, or unsure of where they add value, performance suffers. Too often, leaders lean on outdated habits: Control. Efficiency. Directives.
Leading in the era of AI isn’t about knowing all the answers—it’s about helping your team ask better questions. In teams that thrive with AI, you’ll find something different: a learning culture. Clear decision rights. Space for experimentation. And leaders who translate complexity into clarity.
At Baisic Ventures, we help leaders make AI a source of strategic advantage and human development. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to lead teams that are confident, curious, and aligned—no matter what tools they use.
Together, we’ll explore…
Leadership for a New Era – Understand how AI changes team dynamics, and what leaders must do differently to build alignment, trust, and forward momentum.
From Task to Talent – Learn how to shift from managing tasks to developing capabilities, helping team members focus on the human skills that AI can’t replicate.
Psychological Safety in AI-Augmented Workplaces – Discover how to address fears, foster transparency, and support your team’s well-being as roles and workflows evolve.
Making AI Useful – Practice simple frameworks to evaluate AI tools, define use cases, and ensure your team’s adoption efforts serve real business and learning goals.
Leading Through Learning – Explore how to turn AI disruption into a catalyst for experimentation, upskilling, and shared growth.
Lead With Intention
Harness the power of Generative Leadership to create an emotionally and psychologically safe workplace.
What are you creating?
In today’s fast-paced business world, loyalty and commitment can’t be sustained without an emotionally safe and supportive culture. Research shows that organizations with low psychological safety face high — and costly — employee turnover. When people don’t feel safe, they disengage.
Too often, professional conversations become mechanical: Reporting. Directing. Telling.
Rarely are we making clear, complete requests. Assumptions go unchecked, and decisions suffer.
In unsafe environments, communication can become unintentionally callous, dismissive, or demeaning. The result? Reduced engagement, stalled innovation, weakened collaboration, and poor decision-making.
But what if we could speak and listen in a way that builds trust?
At EJ Burton & Associates, we specialize in helping leaders build cultural competence and develop inclusive leadership skills. In this workshop, we’ll explore how communication can foster a workplace where people feel safe to explore ideas, take risks, and co-create a better future.
Together, we’ll explore…
The Power of Generative Language – Learn how intentional language fosters productivity and innovation, drawing on decades of executive coaching practices that support emotionally intelligent leadership.
Leadership as Presence, Not Position – Discover how leadership is reflected in your way of being—not your title—and how you can lead through your words and actions.
The Mindset of Curiosity – Practice approaching conversations with openness and a willingness to explore, rather than direct.
Otto Scharmer’s Four Levels of Listening – Gain insight into how deeper listening unlocks understanding and trust, setting the stage for transformational dialogue.
The Transformative Power of Questions – Shift from “telling” to “asking” and experience how powerful questions can ignite engagement and drive results.
Trauma Is A Leadership Issue
If repeated trauma and stress is a routine part of your workday, then healing and repair should also be routine.
When you think of trauma in the workplace, images of ER doctors and nurses or first responders probably come to mind. But the fact is, our fast-paced, high-stress work culture, with a backdrop of constant national and global turmoil, can produce chronic stress and a trauma response for any leader.
Repeated stress and trauma typically lead to burnout, leaves of absence, and PTSD. But research shows that effective team leadership is the best prevention against burnout. In this dynamic session, you will learn the Adaptive Repeated Trauma System (ARTS)™ — a practical framework that helps you know where to put your focus when navigating trauma with your teams, whether you are in an acute crisis, dealing with the daily grind, or needing to do some deeper healing work around a past event.
The Center for Trauma and Leadership works with leaders in all types of organizations that face repeated trauma including first responders, healthcare workers, non-profit leaders, government agencies, journalists, and stressed-out leaders in organizations that typically don’t deal with trauma. You are not alone! Join us and leave with tools and a boost of energy so you and your team can keep going strong.
Work Like A Mother
Want to balance an ambitious career with being a great mom?
Working moms in professional roles are constantly navigating competing priorities — career, family, and the ever-present pressure to be everything to everyone. Even the smartest, most confident working moms feel the mental load of managing a growing career and raising a family. Most know they can figure this out and have found career success. But it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparison, loneliness, and the guilt of feeling torn between work and home.
Here’s the secret: There is a different skill set ambitious moms need to balance it all.
At How Does She Manage? we are on a mission to help working moms thrive at their careers AND at home.
For the working mom or the people who support them, this workshop provides practical strategies for balancing career and family. Our team will challenge your current thinking about what success means as a working mom, and lead you through:
The top mistakes working moms make when trying to balance career and family
Why working harder is not the answer
A practical approach to combat working mom guilt
A simple three-step framework with tools and strategies for managing career and family, without losing your mind
Leading with the Brain in Mind
Leverage the insights of social neuroscience to deepen emotional intelligence and mindfully lead yourself and others to unleash human flourishing.
Emotional intelligence and cognitive control are critical tools for leaders in today’s rapidly changing, complex, and uncertain world. Over the past thirty years there has been an explosion of research on emotional intelligence and the important role it plays in success, work, and life. Research has shown that these competencies are almost twice as important in contributing to excellence as pure intellect and expertise – even in highly quantitative STEM-related fields. And with generative AI rapidly becoming a reality, organizations need emotionally intelligent leaders with the skills to manage themselves, develop and motivate others, and create adaptive and resilient teams to deliver outstanding results.
FlourishingOrgs helps leaders cultivate emotional intelligence and positive leadership skills to empower teams to tackle complex challenges and drive outstanding results, despite our increasingly chaotic world.
In this workshop we will…
Explore the science of the four domains of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management; and how mindfulness helps to unlock these competencies
Practice mindfulness-based tools that help improve focus, manage distractions, deepen self-awareness, and enhance executive presence
Learn the neurobiology of the stress response and how to skillfully manage emotions and reframe thoughts when triggered
Apply frameworks and tools that help minimize negative social and emotional triggers and maximize positive emotions when engaging with others
Learn how to foster empathy and connection in an increasingly divided world to build safety and trust