Practicing the Art of Becoming: Leadership, Risk & Reinvention in the Age of AI
What does it mean to keep becoming when the world around us is changing faster than ever?
As AI gives us more information, more answers, and more ways to automate, the qualities that cannot be automated may matter more than ever: judgment, intuition, courage, integrity, curiosity, and the willingness to take a risk.
Come hear from Patty Elvey, Trusted Advisor and Strategist to Executives, as she draws on the ideas in her book Practicing the Art of Becoming and more than four decades spent working alongside leaders and visionaries navigating change, uncertainty, growth, and reinvention.
In this fireside conversation, moderated by Lydia Flocchini, GTM Leader and Operator, Patty will share her insights, lessons, and perspective on what it means to keep becoming—not as a destination, but as an ongoing practice.
Patty will share her perspectives on the role of leadership, intuition, courage, risk, and reinvention in navigating change—and reflect on what she has learned about making bold choices, trusting your instincts, and continuing to grow and evolve throughout every stage of life and leadership.
Refreshments and lite bites will be served.
Learn more about Patty Elvey:
Trusted Advisor and Strategist to Executives
We’ll talk about:
⭐️ Why risk is often essential to growth and reinvention How to distinguish intuition from fear or ego
⭐️What happens when who we have been no longer fits who we are becoming
⭐️The difference between perseverance and staying too long Why surrender, vulnerability, and asking for help can be acts of leadership
⭐️How we protect distinctly human judgment in an age of increasingly intelligent technology
⭐️What consequential leaders can teach us about courage, change, and becoming
This won’t be a conversation about having everything figured out. It’s about learning to move forward when you don’t.
Timeline
4:00 to 4:30: Check-in, Refreshments, Lite Bites and Networking
4:30 to 5:15 Fireside Chat and Q&A
5:15 to 6:00 Book Signing and Meet Patty Elvey!
Who this is for:
Whether you’re a founder, executive, entrepreneur, or simply standing at the edge of your own next chapter, this conversation is an invitation to think differently about leadership, risk, and the person you are still becoming.
Special for Attendees
Guests will receive a **complimentary copy of ** Practicing the Art of Becoming and have the opportunity to join us for a book signing with Patty following the fireside conversation.
Come for the conversation, leave with Patty’s book and perhaps a little inspiration for whatever you’re becoming next.
About the Author and Speaker
Patty Elvey is force behind some of Silicon Valley's greatest leaders. A dedicated student of life using every experience for learning and greater awareness. Her 40+ years working with thought leaders and corporate visionaries spanning the industries of legal tech, quantum AI, media, and healthcare provides the foundation for her work uniting client’s professional goals with their personal passions. Patty’s uniquely holistic approach uncovers strengths and builds a roadmap for achieving their unrealized dreams. In her debut book, Practicing the Art of Becoming, Patty shares personal insights that inspired and ignited her journey of becoming. A longtime resident of Menlo Park, California, Patty now enjoys splitting her time between the East and West coasts.
About Lydia Flocchini
Lydia Flocchini is a pioneer in highly regulated and vertical AI go-to-market strategy. She brings more than 30 years of experience scaling sales, marketing, and customer success organizations from the ground up as a 2x CMO, GTM operator, and category designer.
Her track record includes launching and scaling category-defining technologies, building GTM functions that contributed to five successful M&A outcomes, growing communities from 20K to 100K+, and creating customer innovation programs that generated significant pipeline growth through referrals and advocacy.
A graduate of the Category Design Academy and GTM Partners Certified Partner, Lydia now helps AI founders unlock millions in revenue through category design, GTM strategy, and storytelling.
Thank you to our Community Partner, Julie Kelso and the Oasis Collective
Oasis Collective is a San Francisco-based national 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing women's leadership in AI and closing the funding gap for female founders. Through premier events, strategic partnerships, and founder programming across San Francisco, New York, and Boston, Oasis connects exceptional AI founders with the investors, executives, and resources they need to build category-defining companies.
This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower:
We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, makerspace, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
Apply here for founding citizenship: https://frontiertower.io/apply
Why should I become a citizen?
Be part of creating the first self-governed vertical village
Connect with the most creative people in the city
Get access to all floors, free event space & movement floor
Website: https://frontiertower.io/
Need more reading? Visit https://frontiertower.notion.site/