The first in a quarterly leadership series exploring the forces reshaping business. Future topics will be shaped by the emerging needs of Blackstone Valley leaders.

• Special Chamber & Regional Rate: $199 AS OF October 5th (A $400+ Market Value)

  Executive-level, hands-on summits of this caliber typically command $400 or more in major metro markets. Through our commitment to regional leadership and workforce competitiveness, we are offering this complete half-day intensive, including lunch, workspace setup, and direct advisory access at an accessible rate of just $199 for our business community.

Why This Summit

Leadership is being tested by more than technology.

Business leaders are facing wave after wave of change. Technology is moving faster. Workforce expectations are shifting. Customer behavior is changing. New questions around risk, privacy, security, and accountability are emerging. Some leaders are holding back because they do not trust AI or know where to begin. Others are moving quickly, chasing every new platform, tool, and feature.

Neither extreme is the goal.

The Business Leadership Series is designed to help leaders navigate these changes with greater clarity, confidence, and control. For this summit, the focus is AI. Not because every business needs more AI. Because every leader needs a better way to decide where AI helps, where it does not, and what should remain under human judgment.

Two Perspectives. One Leadership Challenge.

Lynn Turner

Core Business XP

Riding the Waves: Helping leaders navigate the forces changing business.

Lynn brings the leadership and organizational-change perspective: how leaders respond to disruption, guide teams through uncertainty, and make better decisions when the environment is moving quickly.

Kham Inthirath

AI Advisor & Go-to-Market Strategist | AI Advisor Guy

Build your AI workspace and assistant around the way you actually lead and work.

Kham brings the applied AI perspective: how leaders can use AI practically, set up their workspace properly, establish safer boundaries, and build an AI assistant around real business needs.

Together, the session connects leadership through change with practical AI adoption.

Leave With Clarity. Confidence. Control.

This is not about becoming an AI expert in one morning. It is about becoming a more confident leader in an environment increasingly shaped by AI.

You should leave knowing:

• What deserves your attention
• What you can safely ignore
• Where AI can create value
• Where AI creates unnecessary risk
• What decisions belong to leadership
• How to guide your team more intentionally
• What your next step should be

The goal is not to leave using more AI. The goal is to leave knowing how to use AI with more clarity, confidence, and control.

What You Will Walk Away With

1. Clarity on what matters

Separate real opportunity from noise and know what deserves your attention now. Understand what is useful today, what is still emerging, what may be overhyped, and what can safely wait.

2. Confidence in your decisions

Know where AI belongs, where it does not, and where human judgment should stay in control. You do not need to chase every new tool. You need a better way to decide what is right for your business.

3. More control, less reaction

Move from responding to AI chaos to leading with intention. Create a calmer, more deliberate approach to AI adoption across your organization.

4. Guardrails your team can follow

Establish practical boundaries around privacy, security, human review, and responsible AI use. Know what your team can use, what should stay private, and what expectations need to be clear.

5. Your AI workspace and assistant

Set up a practical AI workspace and begin building an AI assistant around a real business challenge. Learn how to organize your workspace, provide the right context, set appropriate boundaries, and create an assistant you can continue improving after the summit.

You will learn how to:

• Organize your AI workspace
• Give AI meaningful business context
• Set instructions and boundaries
• Think about what should and should not be connected
• Build an assistant around a real leadership or business need
• Continue improving it after the summit

Bring a laptop and one real problem from your business.