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  1. Marga Biller

    Why Your AI Strategy Might Be Destroying Your Organization’s Future (And What to Do Instead)

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    This year, our shared inquiry focuses on Resilience in the Age of AI how organizations can survive and thrive amid AI-driven disruption while preserving their core identity, purpose, and values.  Across our gatherings to date, several powerful themes have emerged. Below are five key insights each tied to concrete challenges organizations are facing right now around skills, structures, and processes in an AI-enabled world.
  2. Marga Biller

    Join us for the June 10th LILA Summit: Resilience in the Age of AI

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    In this context of mounting complexity, uncertainty, and fatigue, resilience is no longer just a personal trait—it is an essential strategy and practice, evolving alongside the intelligent systems that are rewiring our environments in real time. The challenge before us is not simply to withstand disruption, but to harness and adapt to it. Resilience is about the ability to prepare for (readiness), withstand and manage (response), and recover/grow from (resurgence) disruptions. All three are interconnected stages that together define and strengthen resilience in various contexts. This year, we will explore what fosters resilience at every level—individual, team, and organization—in a world where learning, adaptation, and decision-making are increasingly augmented by AI.v
  3. Marga Biller

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    What Most Organizations Get Wrong. When you put efficiency above all else, you risk erasing the hidden networks and subtle flows of human knowledge that fuel innovation. And you vastly overestimate what AI can achieve on its own, especially in the messy realities of business.
  4. 2025-2026 Theme Announced: Resilience in the Age of AI

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    LILA Theme 2025-2026: Resilience in the Age of AI We are living through a period of rapid and relentless transformation—geopolitically, socially, and technologically. Among the forces reshaping our world, generative AI stands out for its profound impact on how we work, learn, and lead. AI is rapidly evolving from a set of tools to a powerful set of systems that shape strategy, augment learning, and inform decision-making. These technologies offer new capacities for learning, collaboration, and prediction, while simultaneously redefining roles, relationships, and what it means to be human at work. In this context of mounting complexity, uncertainty, and fatigue,...
  5. Marga Biller

    Building Growth Minded Cultures with Mary Murphy

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    Mary introduced a shift from the traditional fixed vs. growth" mindset model (1.0) to a more dynamic Mindset 2.0 framework. This approach considers how organizational culture, leadership practices, and situational triggers influence whether individuals adopt a fixed or growth mindset. One key takeaway? Sustainable change happens at the micro-culture level—shaping local team dynamics rather than relying solely on individual mindset shifts.
  6. Marga Biller

    April 2024 Member Call: FIVE STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE by Chris Kayes

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    Today's dynamic workforce demands a reevaluation of our approach to work, moving beyond performance metrics towards a culture of continuous learning. Within this framework, learning emerges as the cornerstone for shaping the future workforce, impacting organizational culture, management practices, and leadership development. Incorporating diverse learning methods can improve employees' resilience, foster personal growth, and enhance overall well-being. Thus, fostering a culture of learning not only enhances work effectiveness but also enriches individuals' professional lives.
  7. Marga Biller

    The Edge Game – Tima Bansal

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    How do we solve the global crisis the our system is currently experiencing when we are not talking to each other?   In her insightful talk, Tima Bansal challenged traditional business paradigms and advocated for the adoption of systems thinking, which she deems increasingly pertinent.Tima underscored the adverse effects of uncertainty, cautioning organizations against the propensity for short-term solutions that undermine sustainability efforts.

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