ON_Discourse Breakfast Club for AI Leaders: UNASSIMILATED
AI is being built right now. The culture is being defined. And if the patterns of the last decade repeat themselves, speed over inclusion, familiarity over expertise, power that protects itself, will be encoded into the infrastructure of the next economy.
We've all been part of this. Men who move fast with who they know. Women who play to power, assimilate, or opt out entirely. The loop runs on all of our choices.
Two responses have dominated: change the system from within, or leave and build your own. Neither has been enough. There's a third path, genuine partnership. Shared power, shared honesty, shared risk.
Our next ON_Discourse breakfast event is for people ready to figure out what that looks like, together. The only price of entry is honesty about your own role in the pattern.
April 8th. One World Trade, 69th floor. If you're ready to stop performing allyship and start practicing partnership, this is the room.
Speakers:
Katherine von Jan (AKA "KVJ") is the co-founder and CEO of Tough Day, the AI company pioneering Human Positive AI for Employee Success. She's on a mission to help all employees self-manage and succeed in partnership with AI, and co-create our best future of work. A tech industry insider, KVJ previously led innovation and incubation as Chief Strategy Officer at Salesforce. Her views have been featured in media including CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and Wired Magazine. A global citizen and avid explorer, KVJ calls NYC her basecamp.
Jenny Fielding is one of the most active global pre-seed investors, having invested in 300+ companies as the first money in. As the cofounder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, Jenny has built a thriving community of 500+ founders and operators who help source, diligence, and invest in the next generation of startups across 3 core verticals: money, health, and work.
Prior to launching her own fund, Jenny spent 7.5 years as the Managing Director of Techstars where she invested in a portfolio of companies with a current market cap over $10B. Jenny is a 2x founder, a lawyer by training, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Cornell Tech.