A New Compass: Leading in the Age of AI

Schedule

Fri Nov 28 2025 at 09:30 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+13:00

Location

Semenoff Stadium | Whangārei, NO

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Reimagining leadership in the age of AI - for curious, courageous leaders seeking clarity, connection, and purpose.
About this Event

This isn’t another AI event.

is about leadership - how we show up, decide, and guide others in times of rapid change.

As technology accelerates and complexity deepens, A New Compass invites us to pause, reflect, and connect with our humanness: bringing (among other things) wisdom, compassion, and courage to the forefront.

It's an invitation to reimagine leadership in this new era - blending timeless wisdom with modern innovation. We’ll explore how to navigate this change while staying grounded in purpose, leading with empathy, and working with technology in service of people and planet.

As our opening presenter, Suzanne Hall MNZM, says:

'The world is shifting faster than any of us can track. Technology is expanding possibility; yet what will define our future isn’t artificial intelligence, it’s human intelligence: empathy, imagination, and integrity.

Leadership now begins not out there, but in here, in how we choose to respond to change, to uncertainty, and to one another. It’s self-leadership that becomes the compass, clarity in confusion, curiosity instead of fear, courage instead of control.'

Join us for a provocative, uplifting, and insightful morning - rich with expert presentations, panel discussions, reflections, and group kōrero.

Special Offer:

Following this event, participants are invited to continue the journey through a four-part, in-person, leadership series - a framework that balances reflection and action, wisdom and innovation. Each session focuses on one of the four directions:

Raki - North: Knowing Self (15 Jan)

Rāwhiti - East: Expanding Mind (29 Jan)

Tonga - South: Grounding Practice (12 Feb)

Uru - West: Weaving Connection (25 Feb)

Together, these sessions translate the insight of the launch wānanga into lived practice - deepening self-awareness, strengthening connection, and cultivating the calm, courageous leadership our times call for.

(Course begins January 2026 | Further details to follow)

Special price $635 + GST (15% off the full introductory price).

And yes! An online course is being developed, commencing in February 2026.


A big thank you to Mint Floral for being an awesome sponsor of Leading Lights.


Agenda

🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Doors Open
🕑: 09:45 AM
Karakia - Welcome
Host: Chook Henare & Tania McInnes
🕑: 10:00 AM
True North Rising: Leading with Humanity in the Age of AI
Host: Suzanne Hall MNZM
🕑: 10:15 AM
What's Happening in Tech
Host: Andrea McIntosh
🕑: 10:30 AM
How do we maintain the Human Edge
Host: Meg Smith
🕑: 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 11:15 AM
Participant Kōrero
🕑: 11:40 AM
Panel Insights & Q&A
🕑: 12:30 PM
Vision of the Youth, Wisdom of the Elder
🕑: 12:45 PM
Closing Comments followed by a light lunch
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Where is it happening?

Semenoff Stadium, 51 Okara Drive, Whangārei, New Zealand

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Tickets

NZD 109.25 to NZD 730.25

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