Workshops
AI-Ready Leadership
Augment your Leadership with AI
"Emine and Cecile brought to life this vital topic in an engaging, informative and accessible way. Thank you very much!" - Paul J.
Join us for an insightful workshop for leaders ready to navigate the age of AI with clarity, confidence, and a human-centred approach.
You’ll get a chance to:
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Explore the fundamentals of AI,
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Get practical with cutting-edge tools,
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Discover how to lead through rapid change
without losing what makes your leadership uniquely human.
You’ll also learn how to integrate AI into your business, workflows and strategy, and guide your teams through evolving roles and skills with vision and purpose.
Who should attend:
Designed for senior professionals, this workshop blends expert insights, peer learning, and real-world application, helping you step into the future of leadership with a renewed sense of direction.
Whether you're new to AI or looking to build more confidence in how to lead through technological change, this workshop is for you.
This workshop covers:
Practical AI Knowledge
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A clearer understanding of what AI is — and isn’t — and how it can support your leadership and business
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Practical, actionable ideas for integrating AI into your daily workflow
Transformational Leadership
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A mindset shift to help you embrace AI-augmented leadership with confidence
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Readiness to navigate change — for yourself and your team — with greater clarity and purpose
Team Transformation
The confidence to guide your team through role evolution, skill adaptation, and future-focused collaboration
Strategic Reflection & Networking with like-minded leaders
Fresh perspectives, meaningful peer insights, and a renewed sense of what makes your leadership uniquely human and future-ready
Choose your format: online or in-person
This is a day-long workshop available online or in-person.
Your hosts
Workshop Content
Module 1 | Transforming into an AI-Powered Leader
Master essential AI tools and build your personal AI toolkit with hands-on demos and real-world use cases.
Module 2 | Stepping up as a Leader in the Age of AI
Explore how AI challenges your leadership identity and consciously redefine what makes you distinctly human and indispensable.
Module 3 | AI For Your Business
Develop your AI strategy framework with practical adoption approaches, risk management, and ethical governance for small teams.
Module 4 | Redefining Leadership For Augmented Teams
Learn to guide teams through uncertainty, reimagine evolving roles, and build psychological safety in an AI-transformed workplace.
Cecile Hemery
Cecile Hemery is an inclusive leadership coach who helps professionals reclaim their confidence and impact, leading authentically while lifting others up - never "taking the blanket for themselves."
With 15 years in gaming and tech leadership, Cecile combines coaching, anthropology, hypnotherapy, and mindfulness with deep understanding of workplace dynamics in fast-paced, data-driven environments.She supports clients as they navigate the curveballs of career progression, leadership challenges, and life transitions; bringing clarity, confidence, and calm through her Becoming Process.Her approach blends practical structure, emotional insight, and gentle challenge, always delivered with empathy and the occasional dash of humour, helping human-centred leaders create positive ripple effects on their own terms.
Her mission is simple: to help human-centred leaders show up with authenticity and have impact in their careers, and in their lives.
The workshop really was one of the best I've been to.
"Cecile was kind enough to offer me a space on her AI Leadership course in September. I cannot thank her enough as it was very timely returning to work from maternity. Cecile manages to create a comfortable space for all delegates to openly discuss and debate all of the topics she shares which I really admire. The workshop really was one of the best I've been to. It was an valuable 'dance' between the practical, human and tech considerations of AI Transformation. I have taken away so much insight and it has given me the confidence to experiment with the variety of AI platforms out there and has equipped me with steps which can elevate my prompting skills and vastly improve the quality of generated output."
- Liz Daly, L&D
Attended AI-Ready Leadership Workshop, 17 October 2025
Your hosts
Dr. Emine Gokce Phillips
Dr. Emine Gokce Phillips is a seasoned entrepreneur and technologist with over 20 years of international experience spanning the UK, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UAE. Holding a PhD in Software Engineering, she has led cross-functional teams in the IT, finance, energy, and shipping sectors. Her expertise lies in managing scalable, data-driven system development and integrating emerging technologies to drive innovation.
As the co-founder and CEO of CryptoIndexSeries, a UK-based crypto-fintech startup, Dr. Phillips has been instrumental in developing AI-powered data, analytics, and portfolio management solutions tailored for institutional clients in the digital asset market.As part of her commitment to startups, she has written and led EU projects to empower startups in project management and emerging technologies. As part of these projects, she has delivered 50+ workshops, mentored startups, spoken at international conferences and developed frameworks.
Beyond her entrepreneurial ventures, Dr. Phillips has led AI projects, delivered seminars in AI masterclasses for project managers, and advises startups and SMEs on AI strategy, roadmap development, and AI transformation. She authored the chapter "Transforming Startups with Gen AI" elaborating on some of her experiences with startups in the Springer-published book Tomorrow's Data Empowered Project Management. Based in Oxford, she is the driving force behind the AI for Business – Oxford event series, helping companies across industries turn AI potential into practical outcomes.
