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AI can support coaching, but it should not replace judgment.
This lab explores where AI can help leaders prepare, prompt better reflection, and support follow-through—without weakening trust, accountability, or the human work of coaching.
People leaders will work through where AI belongs in the loop, and where it clearly does not.

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What We’ll Explore Together ...
ELE Talent Intelligence Fall Conference
October 1, 2026 | Chicago


<h5 data-path-to-node="8">Lead the AI Era—From Insight to Action</h5>
ELE’s Talent Intelligence Fall Conference is a live in-person exchange for people leaders who are working through the real decisions AI is forcing now — how leaders adapt, how teams build confidence, how work changes, and how organizations move from insight to action.

This is not a sit-and-listen conference.

It is a community-powered working experience where keynote insights become real-time discussion, peer learning, small-group application, and practical next moves leaders can bring back to their organizations.
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<h5 data-path-to-node="11">How the Exchange Works</h5>
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 	<li data-section-id="c51569" data-start="208" data-end="348">Real-World Challenges: We start with the problems leaders are actually trying to solve — not abstract trends or polished case studies.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="pgdena" data-start="350" data-end="470">Design Charrettes: Small groups work the challenge together, pressure-test assumptions, and shape sharper choices.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="13pfah3" data-start="472" data-end="619">AI Practical Labs: The strongest ideas move into practical action planning — where AI becomes a tool for execution, not another shiny object.</li>
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<h5 data-path-to-node="14">From Challenge to Action</h5>
ELE is leaning into a simple workflow: real-world challenges → peer-powered decisions → implementation.
At Chicago Exchange 2026, leaders will bring the issues showing up in the work: culture drag, capability gaps, adoption friction, leadership readiness, and the execution risks that come with AI-era change.
You won’t just hear about transformation. You’ll work through it with peers — and leave with clearer decisions, smarter next steps, and practical ways to move the work forward.

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Watch: How ELE turns real-world challenges into peer-powered decisions and practical next steps.</div>
What to Expect

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 	<li data-section-id="3g892h" data-start="163" data-end="290">Real executive dialogue: Practical, unscripted exchange with senior leaders working through AI-era leadership challenges.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="1424amn" data-start="292" data-end="411">Design Charrette work: Small-group collaboration around real problems, sharper choices, and practical next steps.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="10c4ynl" data-start="413" data-end="580">AI Practical Lab mindset: Explore where AI can reduce friction, improve handoffs, and support execution — without pretending the tool solves the leadership work.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="67hqfu" data-start="582" data-end="705">Peer-powered momentum: Leave with clearer thinking, useful connections, and ideas you can bring back to the business.</li>
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Real-World Challenges We’ll Work Through
The agenda will be shaped around the leadership and workforce challenges showing up across the ELE community, including:

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 	<li data-section-id="1w3nks9" data-start="951" data-end="1002">Building leadership readiness for AI-era change</li>
 	<li data-section-id="1ujy1cy" data-start="1003" data-end="1060">Reducing adoption friction across teams and functions</li>
 	<li data-section-id="1mslx45" data-start="1061" data-end="1113">Strengthening culture when work is shifting fast</li>
 	<li data-section-id="1iw1hr" data-start="1114" data-end="1173">Turning AI interest into practical workflow improvement</li>
 	<li data-section-id="1imnzu9" data-start="1174" data-end="1244">Helping managers lead through ambiguity, speed, and execution drag</li>
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Who Should Be in the Room
This exchange is designed for senior leaders responsible for leadership, talent, culture, workforce transformation, and execution.

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 	<li data-section-id="a3reg3" data-start="1448" data-end="1482">CHROs and senior HR executives</li>
 	<li data-section-id="p5magz" data-start="1483" data-end="1530">Chief Learning Officers and heads of talent</li>
 	<li data-section-id="hxw81e" data-start="1531" data-end="1636">Leaders responsible for leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience</li>
 	<li data-section-id="x6ehuv" data-start="1637" data-end="1704">Business leaders working through AI-era change with their teams</li>
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Hosted at CNA Insurance
Chicago Exchange 2026 will take place at CNA Insurance’s downtown Chicago office at 151 North Franklin.
CNA gives this exchange the right setting: a modern business environment in the heart of the Loop, built for practical conversation, cross-company perspective, and the kind of working dialogue leaders need as AI reshapes work, culture, and execution.


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Register Now
Ready to work through the leadership challenges shaping the AI era?
Join senior leaders at CNA Insurance for a live in-person exchange built around the problems leaders are actually trying to solve — with peer-powered decisions and practical next steps.
Why Attend?

<ul data-start="912" data-end="1259">
 	<li data-section-id="1t4w37l" data-start="912" data-end="1016">Bring sharper questions: Work from real business and workforce challenges, not generic trend talk.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="10d4h8i" data-start="1017" data-end="1147">Learn with peers: Compare how other leaders are handling AI-era change, culture drag, adoption friction, and execution risk.</li>
 	<li data-section-id="11pjeew" data-start="1148" data-end="1259">Leave with momentum: Walk away with clearer decisions, practical next steps, and useful peer connections.</li>
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Help Shape the Agenda
Chicago Exchange 2026 will be built around the real-world leadership and workforce challenges showing up across our community.
Have a challenge your team is working through? Share it with ELE so we can shape the exchange around the situations leaders are actually facing — not theory, not trend-chasing, real work that needs better answers.
Submit a challenge: <a href="https://www.ele.llc/faqs/share-top-of-mind-challenges " target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.ele.llc/faqs/share-top-of-mind-challenges </a>

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