Synopsis

Organisations are racing to become AI-first. Productivity is reportedly rising, decisions are accelerating and work once reserved for specialists is increasingly automated. But as AI reshapes how organisations operate, a more fundamental question emerges: which human qualities must we preserve to sustain trust, judgement, creativity and competitive advantage?

In his chapter of Leading with Humanity in an AI World, “Convex vs Concave Leadership: Navigating the Paradoxes of Today’s AI Era”, Peter Stojanovic, Editor of HotTopics, poses a deceptively simple question:

“What kinds of human behaviour should we preserve and why?”

The book started the conversation. Now it’s time to bring that question to the leaders shaping the future of work.

Join The Human Intelligence Circle and Red Badger at the Florence Nightingale Museum on Wednesday December 9th for the inaugural episode of The Conversation. This event brings together CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and senior technology leaders for a candid debate about what organisations must protect, cultivate and rethink in an AI-first world.

What to Expect

• A Different Kind of AI Debate

  Organisations are under pressure to realise value from their AI investments. This evening asks the harder strategic question: which human capabilities underpin long-term value and what is the real cost to the organisation if they’re lost?

• Learning from Florence Nightingale

  Florence Nightingale is remembered as a pioneering nurse, yet she was also a formidable statistician. In 1858 she became the first female Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. A guided tour of her museum opens the evening, exploring how she combined data, evidence and compassion to transform healthcare. Her story offers a fitting backdrop for the evening’s debate and plenty to reflect on for leaders navigating an AI world.

• Leadership Paradoxes, Debated by the Room

  Explore the tensions facing every technology leader today: efficiency versus empathy, automation versus judgement, scale versus connection, and data versus wisdom. 

In his chapter of Leading with Humanity in an AI World, “Convex vs Concave Leadership: Navigating the Paradoxes of Today’s AI Era”, Peter Stojanovic asks the question at the heart of this evening: “What kinds of human behaviour should we preserve?”

The book started the conversation. Now we want to continue it with the leaders who will shape the answer.

Join The Human Intelligence Circle and Red Badger at the Florence Nightingale Museum for the first episode of The Conversation. It’s an evening for CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and senior technology decision-makers to debate what really matters.

Agenda

• 5:30pm - Arrival

• 6:00pm - Florence Nightingale Museum tour

• 6:30pm - Networking

• 7:00pm - The Conversation: panel debate and open discussion, moderated by Peter Stojanovic. Chatham House rules.

• 8:30pm - Networking

• 10:00pm - Close