The Transformation Architects

When AI disrupts the workplace, the organizations that thrive are the ones who address uncertainty with clarity — and help their people rediscover what only humans can do. With this 2-part program — all-hands engagement plus executive workshop — you’ll gain concrete outcomes:

❋ A workforce that feels heard
Employees given a space to name their fears — and a framework for what comes next, to engage rather than disengage with change.

❋ Scenario clarity
A clear picture of the disruption scenarios most relevant to your organization — and the future you most want to create together.

❋ A shared leadership language
Your executive team aligned on how to talk about AI, human work, and strategic direction — without defaulting to tech hype or defensive minimization

❋ A 90-day action plan Specific decisions, named owners, and the next critical steps your organization must set in motion within the next 90 days

Why now?

89%

of workers express concern about AI’s impact on job security (ResumeNow)

46%

of organizations integrate workforce planning into AI strategies (WEF)

22%

of employees say their organization has communicated a clear AI strategy (Gallup)

One Program - Two Parts

PART 1: ALL HANDS SESSION

Jobs of the Future:
What Humans do Best

An engaging, interactive session that addresses fear directly — and replaces it with a practical, human-centered framework for what comes next.

Using VisuAIse, a collective AI innovation tool, teams will envision and innovate new roles while providing insight into employees’ deeper skills and aspirations for the leadership workshop.

Insights will feed into the executive workshop.

Led by futurist Henry Coutinho-Mason

PART 2: EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP

Chart your Course:
Strategic Leadership in an AI world

A working session for your senior leaders to envision AI disruption scenarios, align on a chosen vision and consistent story for engagement.

Lastly, we’ll map what it means for organizational decision-making and clarify near-term action planning.

Full day, with a half-day option available
Facilitated by strategists Jen Rice and Alain Thys

PART ONE

Jobs of the future

WHAT YOUR PEOPLE WILL LEAVE WITH

A clear framework for understanding where human judgment remains essential — and a sense that leadership is taking the transition seriously, including them in the conversation that shapes their future.

The session creates psychological safety and forward momentum — the conditions for productive change.

In this session, we’ll we help you turn anxiety into engagement by acknowledging the uncertainty, highlighting what AI cannot replace, and inviting everyone into a shared conversation about the future.

Opening: Name the Fear - A frank, facilitated conversation about what people are really thinking — using real-time polling to surface the mood in the room and signal that leadership is listening.
The Head/Heart/Hands Framework - A simple, memorable model for understanding what AI does well — and what is irreducibly human. Participants leave with a language they can use immediately.
Your Human Edge - Guided reflection and imagined futures, aggregated and visualized by AI in real time.
Vision Pulse Survey - An optional structured poll capturing workforce aspirations, skills people want to develop, and what futures feel energizing vs. threatening. Data fed directly into the executive workshop.

PART TWO

Chart your course

Too often, the pace of AI has forced execs into reactive, short-term thinking. This executive working session expands your horizon — mapping potential futures before aligning on a clear vision and how to activate it. Agenda can be tailored to your specific needs.

Part 1: What’s coming - A scenario-based exploration of how AI is reshaping your industry, your competitive landscape, and your workforce.
Anticipate possibilities - Work through two to three plausible futures for your organization and stress-test your current strategy against each.
Part 2: Visualize your future - Align on strategic ambition — AI innovator or fast follower — and what it means for your business and customers over the next 5 - 7 years.
Decision alignment - Agree on strategic decision criteria to be used by the whole organization on what gets funded; pressure test with current/future AI initiatives.
Part 3: Activate with story - Align on a clear way to communicate your ambitions to employees and how to bring them along on the journey.
Plan for action - What must we start setting in motion in the next three to six months?

WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

More confidence and clarity in the midst of change
Cross-functional alignment on a medium-term vision
Consistent communication to unify your organization
Improved ability to see a clear ROI from AI investments
Aligned plan of action to spark momentum.

Meet the team

Jen Rice

Jen’s spent 30 years as a strategist helping execs transform themselves and their businesses. Formerly the B2B Sector Lead at Forrester and a Whole-Mind leadership coach, Jen now runs Groundbreaking, an advisory for making better decisions in the AI age - for execs, teams and organizations.

Alain Thys

Alain is the leader of the Transformation Architects and an expert in organizational transformation. The author of The Transformation Code, Alain blends common sense, science, art, systems thinking and technology to help people build the world they want, not just put up with the one they have.

Henry Coutinho-Mason

Henry is a sought-after speaker on trends and innovation. The former Managing Director of Trendwatching, Henry has also authored two books: The Future Normal and Trend-Driven Innovation.

He’s also a guest lecturer at HEC business school in Paris.

Shall we talk?

Then schedule a virtual coffee today to jointly discuss the AI future of your business.

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