Author Event! Liz Tran's "AQ"

Join us on May 16th at 4pm as we host Liz Tran in conversation with Banu Ozkazanc-Pan to discuss her latest book, AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase.

About the book:

In a time defined by nonstop disruptions, when jobs vanish overnight, industries evolve in months, and yesterday’s rules no longer apply, AQ—the Agility Quotient—is the intelligence you need to handle change, uncertainty, and the unknown. The good news is that, with the right toolkit, you can grow your agility and learn to navigate a world of increasing instability.

Drawing on leadership coach and former venture capitalist Liz Tran’s work with over 200 successful founders, executives, and dozens of companies and organizations, AQ reveals a model for how high-performing teams and managers adapt to uncertainty. Tran will show you how to cultivate “durable skills,” essential human abilities that remain valuable no matter what the future holds. With the book’s Agility Archetype assessment, the book personalizes the AQ journey to every kind of individual. No matter their experience level or ambitions.

Written with conversational flair and practical advice, AQ offers readers a wealth of resources, including:

• Tools to rebuild confidence for when you’re bombarded by life's curveballs or feeling burned out Actionable steps for making a big shift, even when you feel stuck.

• Advice on finding clarity in moments of professional turbulence.

AQ also takes readers behind the scenes at companies, from NVIDIA and Microsoft to rising startups like Lex, to see AQ in action. You’ll also meet trailblazers like Maggie Lena Walker, the first female bank president in American history, and Emile-Maurice Hermès, who transformed Hermès into a global luxury powerhouse.

As the adage goes, “the only certain thing is change.” AQ is the critical intelligence for our unpredictable future.

About the author:

Liz Tran (she/her) is a leadership coach to the CEOs and founders of some of the world’s fastest-growing companies. Collectively, her clients have raised over $1 billion in funding and created over $10 billion in enterprise value. She is the author of AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That’s Always Changing and of The Karma of Success. Her work has been featured by Today, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and other outlets. She lives with her husband and daughters in New York City and Norfolk, Connecticut.

About the moderator:

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D., is the Barrett Hazeltine Professor of the Practice of Engineering and the Founder and Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab at Brown University. Banu’s research focuses on culture and inclusion in venture capital and innovation ecosystems. She is a prolific academic researcher and scholar, placing among the top 2% of scientists globally. Her current research projects include examining the backlash to DEI, and the ethical, environmental, and legal challenges in the AI industry. She is the co-author of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Gender Perspective (Cambridge University Press) and the author of A Transnational Perspective on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press).

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