This Isn’t What I Signed Up For: How to Be a Leader When You Can’t Have the Answers Anymore

30 January 2026

Location: Silver Pearl Ballroom Hall

AI shows up and suddenly everyone says, “You should probably be doing something about this.” For most owners or executives, that lands like a quiet threat. Another thing to figure out. Another way to feel behind. In this session, Tom Adams reframes AI not as a project to implement, but as a permanent condition of leadership—something that changes how you relate to uncertainty, decisions, and your own role. This is not about tools or tactics. It’s about how to be a leader now, when you can’t have the answers anymore.