Roundtable Leadership in the Age of AI: What Industry Expects in 2026

## The Skill Up Festival

## 3rd Edition - Future Ready Leadership

## Lead with purpose. Think with Confidence. Communicate with Impact.

This is where professionals from product, tech, and business roles come to sharpen real-world leadership skills that actually matter.

• Start Date: January 16, 2026
• End Date: February 6, 2026
• Every Friday from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Across industries, expectations from professionals have shifted. Employers value people who can think, communicate, and lead with clarity. Building these skills has become essential.

The Skill Up Festival – Future Ready Leadership Edition is designed to help professionals build exactly those capabilities.
Across four curated sessions, participants learn how to use AI for smarter decisions, communicate with influence, build strong executive presence, understand modern leadership expectations, and network with industry practitioners and alumni.
Each session is practical, interactive, and focused on real outcomes that professionals can apply immediately.

## What You Will Learn

#### Think Like a Leader

• Structured decision making
• AI supported problem solving
• Strategic thinking frameworks

#### Communicate with Influence

• Executive presence
• High impact storytelling
• Clear and confident communication in high pressure situations

#### Lead with Confidence

• Visibility and influence frameworks
• Understanding leadership expectations
• Navigating growth in the age of AI

#### Network with Intention

• Industry mentorship
• Peer learning
• Real conversations that creates opportunity

### Workshop

### Storytelling and Communication for Influence

• How to influence decisions without authority
• How to handle disagreements, pushbacks and scope pressure calmly
• How to speak in meetings so people remember and take action