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Join us Thursday, Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge (320 Scenic Drive south) for dinner, networking and presentation on "The future is human: How AI and ChatGPT require us to be better leaders".

Event presented by the Dhillon School of Business and sponsored by the CPA Education Foundation Alberta. Please note, registrants can attend virtually or in-person. Everyone welcome. 

Registration closes Feb. 6 at noon. 

In-person registration (dinner included): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/777883880627?aff=oddtdtcreator

Virtual registration (dinner not included): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/781519123737?aff=oddtdtcreator

Evening agenda (for in-person attendance):

5:30 p.m. - Networking reception

6:20 p.m. - Welcome

6:35 p.m. - Dinner served

7:30 p.m. - “The future is human: How AI and ChatGPT requires us to be better leaders” with Cheryl Cran

8:30 p.m. - Closing remarks

Evening agenda (for virtual attendance):

7:30 p.m. – “The future is human: How AI and ChatGPT requires us to be better leaders” with Cheryl Cran 

8:30 p.m. – Closing remarks

Detailed topic description:

This keynote — based on Cheryl Cran’s new book, Super. Crucial. Human — focuses on the key human skills leaders and teams need to have in a fast changing AI and ChatGPT era. Research has confirmed that not only are we in a workers market, we are going to need more people now and into the future even with the rise of automation, AI, ChatGPT, and robotics. What we need is people who have crucial human skills — skills that go beyond the basics when it comes to compassion, creativity, communication, and collaboration. This keynote will inspire and elevate the mindsets of audience members to embrace that being human means we have infinite possibilities to evolve and adapt at the speed of change. Audiences will leave with practical tools that they can apply personally and take back to their leaders and teams.

Audiences will learn:

• Research on the digital and social trends that are driving the urgent need for everyone to develop “crucial human skills”.

• How to reframe challenges, setbacks, and disruptions into elevated opportunities to evolve and grow.

• The 4 Cs of being a super crucial human — next level skills of compassion, creativity, conscious communication, and collaboration.

• How everyone can elevate to being “change leaders”, driving positive change forward.

• How to leverage the “me to we” mindset model to increase collaboration in a hybrid workplace reality.

• Actionable models and strategic ideas on how to elevate crucial human skills and apply them in life and work for accelerated success in all relationships.

Detailed bio for Cheryl Cran:

Cheryl Cran is a “future of all things” expert, including work, society, and life. She is recognized as the #1 Future of Work influencer by Onalytica and a top ten future of work expert by GoCatalant. Cran is passionate about helping leaders and teams develop the crucial human skills needed to lead a human-focused future where technology is leveraged to automate the mundane and elevate the humane. Her multi-industry experience and successful track record provides unparalleled value to her clients.

Cran is the founder of NextMapping and CEO of parent company, Synthesis at Work Inc. Prior to this, she held senior leadership positions in the corporate finance and insurance industries. Cran developed NextMapping as a proprietary business solution brand to encompass her work and research on the future of all things, including work and the future-ready skills needed by leaders and teams to navigate change in the workplace.

Her past clients have included Amazon, Upwork, AT&T, Gartner, Scottish Water, ExecOnline, and more. Cran is the author of 10 books, including her newest, Super.Crucial.Human, and her bestsellers, NextMapping: Anticipate, Navigate and Create The Future of Work and The Art of Change Leadership: Driving Transformation in a Fast Paced-World. Her thought leadership on the future of all things has been featured in publications such as Fast Company, Huffington Post, Forbes, Metro New York, Entrepreneur Magazine, Reader’s Digest, CBS Online, NBC Online, and more. She is also the creator of the NextNow podcast.