Leading the Human Side of AI
A half-day experience with other campus leaders
Live online | Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 from 12:00-4:00pm EDT | Limited cohort
An interactive workshop focused on building trust, curiosity, and shared understanding around AI
Standard Registration | $395 per person, $995 for three participants from the same institution
Early Access Pricing (available through January 27) | $345 per person, $895 for three participants from the same institution
Overview
How do you engage your community, reduce fear and fatigue, and build trust around the approach to AI?
The acceleration of artificial intelligence across higher education raises questions of trust, academic identity, workload, and equity, and shapes how AI is perceived and whether it is meaningfully adopted.
Leading the Human Side of AI equips higher-ed leaders (who influence their institution’s approach to AI) to navigate these dynamics with clarity and confidence. Rather than focusing on tools or policies, this workshop centers on how leaders may foster the conditions for responsible AI adoption: curiosity, psychological safety, and shared understanding, all rooted in your institution's values.
You will explore evidence-based insights from change management research and higher-education case studies to understand how faculty, staff, and students experience AI differently and how leadership behaviors influence trust and readiness.
The interactive workshop supports you in clarifying what makes sense to do next in your own context by drawing on your experience, peer perspectives, and established practices. You leave with tangible insights, conversation frameworks, and role-appropriate approaches you can adapt to strengthen or recalibrate AI-centered conversations on your campus.
Approximately two weeks before the session, participants will receive a brief pre-work activity (30–45 minutes) that invites light reflection and the gathering of a few perspectives from their campus, helping ground the workshop’s conversation in real experiences of trust, readiness, and curiosity around AI.
Capacity is limited to support a highly interactive learning environment and to ensure diversity of perspectives, approaches, and institutional contexts within each workshop. Participation is capped at three leaders per institution to encourage rich cross-institution dialogue and peer learning.
Institutions interested in including more than three participants are encouraged to contact us to explore options for a custom offering or institution-specific program tailored to their context.