AI Cafe: Protagonist: How To Use AI To Achieve Your 2026 Goals
Protagonist is an interactive workshop that uses the AI-based platform designed to give participants crystal clear clarity on their goals and close the gap between intention and execution.
Participants will:
Clarify a professional or personal goal that would make the biggest difference in life satisfaction when accomplished.
Identify the real friction points keeping them stuck.
Use an innovative AI program to craft an executable plan to make progress.
Experience how accountability changes behavior in real time.
The workshop blends guided reflection, practical tools, and live interaction, leaving participants with a clear next step and a system they can immediately apply to their personal or professional goals.
This session is ideal for founders, operators, and ambitious professionals who are tired of overthinking and ready to start moving.
Agenda - AI Networking
8:45 - 9:30 am • Coffee and Socialize
9:30- 10:30 am • Talk and Presentation
February 26th, 2026
About: Imari Tuakli
Imari Tuakli is the founder of Protagonist, a behavior change platform designed to help people achieve meaningful goals by paying them to make progress.
A former lead director at Jubilee Media and creator of the hit series Middle Ground, Imari has reached over 500 million viewers worldwide and spoken at Harvard, Yale, Google, and TEDx. His work combines cinematic storytelling, psychology, and systems thinking to turn motivation into measurable action.
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