Hosted by Adrian Simpson, Zoe Scaman and Danny Fortson

FREE Virtual Event: Speed of Light Leadership in the Age of AI

1 October 2025 - 15:00

On October 1st, Wavelength is cutting through the noise and bringing the outside world in. We’re delivering a live, facilitated session, broadcast from our Inspire studio in London, designed to connect you with the trailblazers operating at the edges of this changing business landscape.

Why? Because leadership is under more pressure than ever before – to move faster, smarter and bolder, just to keep pace with emerging technologies. While others talk about transformation, a new breed of companies is rewriting the rules of what’s possible, leaving established playbooks in the dust. How can we respond? How do we lead our organisations to success in the face of this volatility and uncertainty?

In this reality, leading with last year’s strategy is like navigating a Formula 1 track with a road map. You need more than a plan; you need a profound upgrade in capacity and thinking.

But how do you build an organisation that operates at this speed without sacrificing quality? Without sacrificing our humanity? How do you manage your own resilience when the future is this volatile? How can you provide clarity for your teams, when none of us know what the future will look like?

This isn’t about abstract theory or another keynote on ‘change’. We believe that leaders learn best from leaders, and our purpose is to challenge you, a little, but more importantly give you confidence to move forward with the right guardrails, the most agile structures, the strategic footprint, the purpose and values to support, coach and empower your teams. As always, we’ll sharing lessons from the leading edge, from the most innovative leaders and companies with actionable insights to help you turn provocation into concrete action.

Meet Your Trail-blazing Guides

We connect you with those who have direct, real-world experience. They don’t just talk about the future; they’re in the rooms where it’s being built.

Adrian Simpson

For 30 years, Adrian has taken leaders inside the world’s most progressive, highest-performing organisations. This year alone, that has meant securing unparalleled access inside Nvidia, OpenAI, Netflix, and China’s tech titans, Bytedance and Ping An. He distills the real-world leadership lessons that enable these companies to move at blistering speed.

Danny Fortson

As the Silicon Valley correspondent for The Sunday Times and co-host of the Times Tech Podcast, Danny doesn’t just report on the giants of tech, he challenges them. Fresh from conversations with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, he’ll bring you unfiltered insights from the heart of the AI revolution.

Zoe Scaman

A preeminent expert on AI and frontier technologies, Zoe turns future-gazing into practical strategy. She has guided iconic brands from Apple, Snap, and Nike and creative visionaries like Ridley Scott and Pharrell Williams. She bridges the gap between disruptive technology and organisational reality.

Sanjeevan Bala

Former Group Chief Data & AI Officer for FTSE 100 organisations, Sanjeevan has led numerous large-scale transformation initiatives and brings this practical lens to his speaking engagements and facilitation work and will be moderating this session with Danny, Zoe and Adrian.

What You Will Gain

We will push you beyond your echo chamber to spark expansive thinking. This event is designed to deliver:

A Ground-Level View

Understand what’s really happening at the frontiers of AI, free from the usual consultancy-slick jargon and hype.

Leadership Tools

Discover the practical “how” behind creating high-performing cultures that thrive on speed, agility, and resilience.

Immediate Impact

Walk away with measurable shifts in your own confidence and decision-making, armed with practical insights to create change the very next day.

Join Your Peers. Lead the Change.

The future waits for no one. This is an unparalleled opportunity to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with your peers, understand the forces shaping our new reality, and master the leadership it demands.

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