Presenter: Caroline Stokes
Overview
You want to move into a leadership role — but the path from expert to leader isn’t what it used to be. In this session, we’ll explore what it really means to evolve beyond subject-matter expertise and step into transformative leadership during an era defined by AI acceleration and what futurist Jamais Cascio coined as the BANI era: Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, and Incomprehensible.
What You’ll Take Away:
- A deeper understanding of why today’s volatility demands more than just competence — it demands clarity, adaptability, and relational intelligence
- A mindset shift from reactive problem-solver to systems-aware leader
- New language and frameworks for building trust, influence, and decision-making power in uncertain environments
- Tools to define your unique value as a future-ready leader — not just a domain expert
Bonus Takeaway:
Learn how AI isn’t replacing leaders — it’s revealing the gaps in human leadership. You’ll leave with a mental model to augment your intuition and strategic decision-making in real time.
About the Presenter
Caroline Stokes is an award-winning executive coach, systems thinker, and author of Elephants Before Unicorns. With a background spanning corporate leadership in Europe, and a global coaching practice, Caroline specializes in helping leaders adapt to volatile, AI-disrupted environments.
She is a PCC-level Certified Executive Coach and has completed executive education in AI for Business Strategy and ESG from MIT. Her work integrates emotional intelligence, leadership development, and human-centered AI to help organizations and individuals navigate the complex terrain of Jamais Cascio’s BANI era (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible).
Caroline has been published in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, VentureBeat, and Entrepreneur, and is a frequent keynote speaker on the future of leadership, organizational transformation, and ethical AI adaptation. She was recognized by Marshall Goldsmith and Thinkers50 as a Leading Global Coach in 2019.
She currently works with emerging and established leaders across sectors including tech, engineering, academia, and government to help them shift from subject-matter expertise to systemic, strategic leadership.
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