This week LIVE! Talk and Q& A LEADERSHIP IN THE DAWN OF AI-
For Leaders Carrying the Human Side of AI Transformation
TUESDAY MAY 26 4pm Small World Centre 180 Shaw Street
“I’m responsible for leading people through a moment that nobody has ever experienced. I don’t understand it myself.” This event is created for You, the leader holding the human side of AI transformation.
Right now, leaders everywhere are being asked to engage with AI at a pace that feels impossible, steady teams who are worried about their futures, maintain culture in the middle of upheaval, and somehow project confidence while privately navigating their own uncertainty. You might be carrying the emotional weight of an entire organization including the fear and the questions no one wants to say out loud.
Hosted by Katherine Lynne, author and coach to business owners and senior leaders for over 30 years, this talk and conversation speaks directly to the emotional, cultural and identity-level shifts happening inside us all.
Drawing on themes from What Are We? Katherine invites leaders to reflect on identity, purpose, and responsibility now, as AI is shuffling the deck and rattling our ideas of creativity, intelligence, and value. This talk aims to inspire curiosity, courage and willingness to rethink what leadership is and will needfully become.
This is your moment to take a breath, to remember what is important, to re-center and fortify yourself for the road ahead.
The talk and Q& A will last approximately 75 minutes with opportunity for real-life connecting afterwards.
Theme: Relevant to all industries
Audience: This event will be of particular interest to leaders feeling the human impacts and delicate balances of this new and unprecedented time as AI accelerates.
Format: Talk Q&A, Fireside chat, Networking
Event Access: All are welcome.
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The BOOK is out!
WHAT ARE WE?
Humanity in the Age of AI
AI and I wrote the ‘same’ book about the importance of being human. They are wildly Different!
Then I wrote many more chapters because I had much more to say!
This timely book offers a extraordinary glimps into the face of the oncoming AI tsunami, and the evergreen importance of Humanity.
My hope is it will be a spring board to talk about what really matters-the value of human life and all that we can become & do.
CURIOUS What I think we need to be talking about in this moment in history? CURIOUS What I & AI have to say about being HUMAN?
ORDER Books
And Look for the hard copy on AMAZON MAY 11, 2026
Hello! I am Kat
I love the theatre and excitement of creating a live experience for people that can help us all come closer to what is truly important in life. Whether I’m working intimately with a small group, performing or speaking on a big stage, my goal is the same: to create an experience that resonates deeply and allows us all to connect to what sustains and inspires us.
For over three decades, I have guided individuals into deep philosophical and practical domains of personal development — guiding workshops, facilitating events and retreats, creating spaces where creativity and curiosity can flourish.
Speaking Engagments
I am always thrilled to be asked to speak for any event, always up for the challenge of creating something special.
I’ve had the privilege of speaking to audiences of all sizes, from a sea of 6,000 faces to countless smaller events. Each experience has taught me how to engage with people in ways that ignite reflection, meaningful connection, hope and inspiration.
Featured KEYNOTE:
Being Human – In The
Age of AI
BIG QUESTIONS FACE US ALL
Now is the time to be talking
AI is Here
Like it or Not
As words like
INTELLIGENCE
FEELINGS &
CREATIVITY
now call for redefinition,
the Reflective Mirror of AI has kicked up big existential questions and fears like: Will AI Make Humans Irrelvant? This moment in time highlights the biggest questions of all like:
WHAT ARE WE?
THIS POWERFUL KEYNOTE
Invites us to consider the differences between Artificial Intelligence & Human Intelligence, and invites us to reflect on how we human beings grow and evolve.
As AI begins to wildly disrupt life as we know it, not a single one of us is going to be immune as huge, fundamental, waves of change hit us and as awe inspriring questions press.
How will Human Being’s Thrive in the age of AI?
What Does it mean to be Human?
There is great hope when we slow down and put ourselves and AI into a much bigger picture and story.
This impactful, timely keynote is where that story begins.
Want to hear my voice?
Listen to a live intro to this fascinating topic!
PUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HUMAN
ON CENTRE STAGE
BALLOON Podcast
My podcast, Balloon, is a project that brings great happiness — an imperfect, unscripted, live search for value, meaning and inspiration, where I explore life’s big questions with the hope to loosen the tight grip we have on all those answers we want to lock down. BALLOON allows us to remember the joys of childlike wonder and just how much we really don’t know.
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I believe Awe and Wonder about what we are can change the world. My aim: Spark conversations that promote human upgrade.
Super SERVICES
Other services I provide include Custom Talks & Workshops, Retreats, Personal Development Guidance and Support for Passionate People. If you are hungry for more, ready for something different, where opinions take the back burner and it’s all about passion and effort to expand our peceptions and come closer to truth, wonder and awe, I’m here.
CURIOUS?
Find me! Kat@vitalarts.ca
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Since 1998 – Toronto Canada
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