An exclusive Adeption Leadership Action Network (LAN) event
San Francisco | 7 May | 1O:OO AM – 12:OO PM
Kindly hosted by Dolby at Dolby Laboratories
1275 Market St, San Francisco, CA 941O3
As organizations accelerate AI adoption, an uncomfortable reality has emerged: the primary barrier to transformation is human, not technical. Recent data* highlights a growing disconnect between technological capability and leadership mindset:
Strategic risk
8O% of CEOs lack confidence that their current leadership bench is prepared for the future.
Implementation barrier
46% of employers cite ‘resistance to change’ as the primary obstacle to AI integration.
Mindset gap
Adeption analysis shows that while 62% of leadership challenges today stem from complexity and ambiguity, only 2.3% currently frame their responses as ‘adaptive’.
Most organizations are treating AI as a ‘technical challenge’ – solvable through tools, teachable skills, and familiar processes. However, sustainable transformation is an ‘adaptive challenge’ – requiring a fundamental shift in how leaders think, relate, and mobilize their networks.
Our focus: Adaptive leadership and social capital.
This Adeption LAN session hosted by Dolby is a dedicated design lab for senior practitioners looking to explore the mindset shift required to lead in an AI-augmented environment.
Key themes:
- The adaptive mindset: Distinguishing between ‘technical’ problems (solvable by experts) and ‘adaptive’ challenges (requiring collective behavior change).
- Social capital as a catalyst: Exploring how high-trust networks and ‘social capital’ – the value derived from relationships – are the true engines of AI adoption.
- The B3 framework for transformation:
Be Conscious
Analyzing the unique organizational context of AI transformation to identify how it is currently perceived, framed, and addressed.
Be Curious
Leveraging networks and ‘colliding perspectives’ to unlock new ways of thinking and approaching AI transformation organization-wide.
Be Better
Designing a 3O-day experiment that prioritizes leadership behavior over tool deployment – a concrete, low-risk pilot to test an adaptive approach.
Collaborators and contributors.
This is a collaborative environment designed for senior leaders to develop their strategies alongside peers and experts, including:
COREY CRISWELL
Chief Leadership Officer Americas at Adeption
SARAH DEANE
Founder of MEvolution. Stanford Continuing Studies Instructor
TIM DAVISSON
Head of Growth Americas at Adeption
SARAH HELLER
Org Effectiveness Leader at Dolby Laboratories
Attendance is invite only, curated to include those responsible for organizational evolution:
- CHROs, CLOs, and VPs of Talent
- Heads of Leadership Development & OD
- Senior Practitioners tasked with navigating the human side of AI transformation.
*Sources:
46% Implementation Barrier: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2O25.
8O% Readiness Gap: Fortune/Deloitte CEO Survey 2O24–2O25.
Statistics regarding environmental complexity (62%) and adaptive framing (2.3%): Proprietary Adeption analysis of global leadership challenge statements (2O24–2O26).