Description

AI is moving fast, but responsible organizational adoption cannot be rushed.

Join Mayka Thao of TruStone Financial for a practical look at how one organization is approaching AI with intention, structure, and a strong focus on people. Drawing from TruStone’s evolving journey, Mayka will share how her team is moving from early exploration and governance toward proof of value, pilots, and broader adoption, all within a regulated environment.

Together, we will explore how a clear strategic vision, a thoughtful maturity model, and a growing internal change community can help organizations move from curiosity to capability. Mayka will also share lessons from the road so far, including hurdles they have had to navigate, successes that are building momentum, and what it takes to balance innovation, compliance, and organizational readiness along the way.

If you are looking for a real-world perspective on how AI can be introduced thoughtfully, responsibly, and in ways people can actually adopt, this session will offer practical insight into what it takes to scale value through change.

Why attend?

Because AI adoption is not just a technology challenge. It is a leadership, readiness, governance, and behavior change challenge.

If you want to better understand how organizations can move beyond AI interest and into purposeful experimentation, responsible implementation, and meaningful adoption, this session will give you a practical look at how one organization is navigating that journey in real time.

What You'll Learn

Participants will leave with greater clarity on:

• how a staged maturity approach can help guide AI from exploration to broader adoption
• what helps organizations move from early use cases to proof of value, pilots, and scale
• where governance, compliance, and guardrails matter in building trust and momentum
• the role leaders, change practitioners, and internal champions play in adoption
• lessons learned from one organization’s real-world AI journey, including hurdles and successes

Who Should Attend

This event may be especially valuable to:

• change practitioners
• transformation and project leaders
• people leaders sponsoring or shaping AI adoption
• HR, talent, and learning leaders
• technology and digital transformation leaders
• communications and employee engagement professionals

Location Sponsor:

We are grateful to our longtime partner, Horizontal, for sponsoring the location, food, and beverages for this Change Summit. Horizontal has generously supported MnCMN for years, and we are grateful for their continued partnership in helping us create spaces where our community can connect, learn, and grow.

Speaker:

Mayka Thao serves as Interim Chief Technology Officer at TruStone Financial, where she leads enterprise technology, security modernization, and digital transformation efforts, including the organization’s thoughtful and evolving approach to AI. She brings an executive perspective on what it takes to introduce innovation responsibly, build organizational capability, and create value in ways the business and its people can sustain.