Start your day with intention, connection, and a fresh cup of coffee. Join fellow Chiefs of Staff to set the tone, share what’s ahead, and spark meaningful conversations that will anchor your experience.

We’re kicking off Connect with energy, intention, and connection. Join us as we set the tone for the day, share what’s ahead, and spark a few meaningful conversations to get you grounded, excited, and ready to make the most of the room.

Storytelling is more than narrative, it’s a tool for operational alignment. Learn how to craft stories that move teams, influence up, down, and across, and bring clarity to complex change.

Conflict doesn’t have to break alignment; it can drive it. In this session, you’ll learn frameworks and techniques to navigate disagreement strategically, roleplay real-world misalignment scenarios, and discover how to transform tension into trust and progress within your teams.

Refuel and recharge while deepening conversations from the morning. This lunch is your chance to reflect, share insights, and continue building meaningful relationships with CoS peers.

The Tempest Two have built their reputation by pushing the limits of resilience, adaptability, and mindset from crossing oceans to guiding leadership teams through transformation. In this keynote, they share what it truly takes to grow through challenge and why adaptability is the most important skill for today’s leaders and teams.

Join The Tempest Two for an interactive scavenger hunt across the Barbican. Using their expedition app, teams will unlock GPS-based challenges that test adaptability, creativity, and collaboration while exploring the intersection of human alignment and AI transformation.

From reimagining brutalist architecture with AI to navigating the Barbican’s hidden spaces, you’ll push beyond comfort zones, blend human ingenuity with AI tools, and compete in a high-energy race to the finish.

Learn how Chiefs of Staff are successfully implementing AI solutions in their organizations.

This session explores real case studies of AI transformation at the executive level, balancing efficiency with ethical and secure practices. You’ll leave with practical insights to guide your own responsible AI adoption.

Too many AI transformation efforts stall not because the strategy is wrong, but because the people behind it aren’t aligned. Organizations are powered by humans — curious, cautious, ambitious, and sometimes resistant — who need more than dashboards and comms plans to embrace change.

Real transformation depends on helping individuals and teams navigate uncertainty, shift assumptions, and build trust in new ways of working.

What will it take to align teams in the decade ahead? This forward-looking panel brings together experienced operators and thought leaders to explore how shifting work models, AI integration, and organizational design will redefine alignment in the years to come.

We’ll close the day with reflections and open networking over drinks and light bites, giving you space to solidify your learnings, share your insights with fellow Chiefs of Staff, and build new connections that will support your alignment work long after COSC ends.

Unwind and connect with fellow Chiefs of Staff over casual conversations, refreshing drinks, and tasty bites. Expand your network in a relaxed and engaging atmosphere.