Integrating GenAI into Your Work ... Effectively & Ethically: April 24, Noon PT/3p ET

The AI train is leaving the station -- let's make sure you are on it.

If there has been a theme threaded across my work for the past two years it’s AI. I’d worked with people who knew people who worked in it, but then it crept closer. Younger, scrappier members on my team were pulling together large amounts of copy and iterating on designs faster than I could concept them. Gen AI tools became a base layer of good enough content and idea generation that we could iterate on and improve. I was free to do more strategic, creative work! And yet, seeing examples of Deep Fakes in the news terrified me.

Today, I’ve fully embraced leveraging AI as a productivity tool, though I admit that I still struggle with integrating it in a way that saves me time and enhances my output without a lot of trial and error. And, as a creator who built a business around compensating creators, I’m terrified of seeing my work absorbed into a collective LLM, where others may use my IP without my consent or compensation, and possibly with mal-intent. I’m also hugely optimistic (or pragmatic?) and convinced that not having a grasp on the benefits, drawbacks, and implications of AI could negatively impact one’s future opportunities.

In this month’s Optionality Webinar series we explore the benefits and drawbacks of Gen AI, and we extract the fundamentals needed for using it effectively and mindfully.

Our experts have been on the front lines of the discussions, integration, and the up-leveling of executives to effectively embrace AI:

Mia Shah-Dand is a social entrepreneur, technologist, and educator who advises large organizations on the responsible adoption of new and emerging technologies. She is the CEO of Lighthouse3 tech advisory group, founder of Women in AI Ethics™, and creator of “100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™” list. Mia is known for her leadership on gender equality and equity in tech as well as her advocacy for inclusion of diverse ethical perspectives in AI design and development. Mia is on the Carnegie Council’s Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative Board of Advisors and Anita Borg Social Impact Abie Award Selection Committee. Her work has been featured in Forbes, BBC, and Politico.

Gina Jeneroux is on a mission to change how people build new skills to prepare for a bold future, starting now. 

Through a 30+-year career in the finance and learning industries – including five years as Chief Learning Officer at BMO Financial Group – Gina has developed deep expertise in business leadership, human-centered design, and predicting and developing skills for the future. She has a proven track record of driving strategies and solutions that make an impact, and she has led her teams to win more than 20 global awards. 

Today, you'll find her at the intersection of AI, skills and industry, as a strategist, GenAI adventurer, Professor of Practice, and Chief Skills & Innovation Officer. 

Gina holds an MBA from Dalhousie University, and she is a curious explorer who tries to learn at least one new thing each day. 

Jory Des Jardins is a fractional executive, board member, and angel investor who has advised dozens of startups in go-to-market, scale, and exit stages. She was co-founder and President of BlogHer, Inc., serving as the organization’s evangelist of social marketing to brands and agencies. She has advised emerging marketplaces, B2B SaaS, B2B2C platforms, and emerging tech teams in VR/AR/MR, privacy tech, AI and Web 3. A former magazine editor and digital producer, she now writes Pause: Stories of Tech, Marketing, Fairness, Hormones and This Woman’s Work.