How Do You Want to Lead in the Age of AI?
An evening on the future of design.
Sea Lanes, Brighton,
Wednesday 23 September, 6–9pm.
First drink included.
AI is rewriting what design work is, what it costs, and what it means to lead it. Most of us are processing that alone, between hot takes on LinkedIn. This evening is the antidote: a room full of people going through the same shift, some sharp thinking to start us off, and a proper facilitated session so you leave with something you can actually use.
Because that's the d.MBA way: not an evening of sitting and listening, an evening of working it through.
Timetable
6:30pm
Panel: the state of design in the age of AI.
Where the work is going, the economics underneath it, and what leadership looks like next. With James Box, Melin Edomwonyi, and Alen Faljić, co-founder of d.MBA. Hosted by Tom Prior, d.MBA.
6:00pm
Doors, drinks.
First one's on us, from Bison Beer's beach bar, a Brighton craft pint, a cocktail, a soft drink or something low and no, whatever's yours.
7:00pm
Melin's workshop: how do you want to lead?
This is the heart of the evening. Melin Edomwonyi first ran this session for designers at Hatch in Berlin, and the reviews were glowing, and it's easy to see why: it takes the conversation everyone's having anxiously and alone, what does AI mean for me, my team, my craft, and turns it into something you work through out loud, together.
It's quick-fire and it's done in groups. Friendly, relaxed, properly energising, Melin is one of those facilitators who can get a room of strangers talking like colleagues in about ten minutes. You'll dig into your own relationship with these tools, your team's, your company's, and leave with an actual position: how you want to lead through this, written down, not vaguely felt.
And you don't need to be a leader yet. That's rather the point.
9:00pm
Stay around.
We've got the venue beyond the formal finish, so hang about. Wood X Coal is on site doing flame-grilled small plates if you're hungry, Bison keeps pouring, and the conversation is honestly half the value. If the sun's out over the seafront, all the better.
Who it’s for
Designers, researchers, design and product leaders, and anyone in tech feeling the ground move. Whether you're leading a team through this or working out what kind of leader you want to become, this is an evening that will move you forward.
£25 + VAT, early bird £20 + VAT, first drink included.
This is a small, intimate one: capped at [30] people, because it's a workshop, not a webinar. We've priced it intentionally so it's accessible to as many people as possible.
Sea Lanes, 300 Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1BX. Wednesday 23 September, 6:00–9:00pm. [map + directions]