Block #3: Impact, Legacy, & Expanding Opportunity
Session 1
How Private-Sector Leaders Shape Policy and Civic Change
Politics shapes markets, communities, and opportunity, but many leaders underestimate how much influence they already have. This session helps you move from civic interest to civic strategy by exploring the practical pathways through which private-sector leaders shape policy, elections, and public priorities.
Through conversations with advisors, donors, advocates, and candidates, you’ll identify the role that best fits your strengths, and build a plan to activate your influence over the next year.
Session 2
Ethical and Equitable AI at Work: What Leaders Need to Know Now
Artificial intelligence is already shaping who gets hired, financed, promoted, seen as credible, and given access to opportunity. The question isn’t whether AI will influence outcomes—it’s whether leaders will help ensure those systems expand opportunity or reinforce existing barriers.
This session explores how AI is reshaping decisions across workplaces, markets, and institutions—from talent systems and performance evaluation to lending, risk assessment, and everyday digital interactions. Experts working at the intersection of technology, policy, and workforce strategy will examine where bias enters AI systems, how it scales, and what leaders can do to influence more equitable outcomes.
Whether you build technology, manage teams, shape policy, or allocate capital, you have a role to play in how these systems evolve.
Session 3
Closing the Wealth Gap and Expanding Economic Mobility: Strategies That Drive Real Change
The racial wealth gap is as wide as it was during the 1960’s and economic mobility remains out of reach for a large portion of Americans; particularly Americans of Color. Closing the wealth gap requires more than awareness, it requires strategy, capital, and coordinated leadership across sectors. This session brings together leaders working on the front lines of economic mobility to examine which approaches are producing measurable results and where individuals can play meaningful roles.
You’ll explore how corporate influence, investment decisions, policy engagement, and community leadership intersect to expand opportunity at scale, and how your leadership can contribute.
Session 4
Doing Well and Doing Good: Where Purpose Meets Progress
Many leaders want their work to create meaningful impact, but aren’t willing to step away from the compensation, scale, and influence they’ve worked hard to build. The challenge isn’t choosing between purpose and progress. It’s learning how to align your skills with opportunities that deliver both.
In this session, leaders who have navigated transitions across sectors and roles share how they identified paths that matched their strengths with their desire to expand opportunity, contribute to their communities, and shape systems while continuing to grow professionally and financially.
Whether you’re exploring a shift now or planning for what comes next, this session will help you think more strategically about where impact and advancement intersect.