Lead Change™ 2026 — AI Adoption, Activated.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving quickly from experimentation into the way organizations work, decide, serve customers, manage risk, and create value. But putting AI into the organization is only the beginning. The harder questions are emerging now: How does AI become part of real work? What creates trust without creating overreliance? What happens when roles, expertise and decision rights begin to shift? How does governance become everyday behavior? What do leaders need to do differently? And what does all of this require from the professionals responsible for leading change? Lead Change™ 2026 brings together experts, practitioners, evidence, real-world experience, and the collective intelligence of the change and transformation community to explore those questions together. This is not another AI trends event. It is a one-day Summit about what AI adoption is requiring from organizations — and from the people leading change inside them. Register for Lead Change™ 2026 The Work Is Already Changing Organizations are investing heavily in AI, but value does not appear simply because technology has been deployed. AI has to become integrated into workflows, decisions, leadership, governance, capability, and everyday behavior. And unlike many previous technology changes, the thing people are adopting may continue to change after it arrives. People are learning when to use AI, what to delegate, what to question, what to verify, and where human judgment must remain. Roles and expertise are shifting. New governance questions are entering the workflow. Leaders are being asked to provide direction while the future state is still emerging. At the same time, change and transformation professionals are being asked to navigate issues that sit well beyond traditional communications and training. The work of AI Adoption is changing the work of change. Lead Change™ 2026 is designed to help you understand that shift while it is happening. Built Around the Work — Not the Hype Lead Change™ 2026 brings multiple perspectives into one connected conversation. Throughout the day, you will encounter: • expert insight and emerging thinking; • real-world cases and practitioner lessons; • current evidence and research; • adoption challenges and failure patterns; • human, organizational, governance, and technology perspectives; • practical demonstrations of technologies affecting adoption; and • facilitated opportunities to compare what you are seeing with peers. The purpose is not to predict an artificial intelligence future. It is to better understand the reality already unfolding inside organizations. FEATURED KEYNOTE Travis D. Hahler Senior Director, Global Strategy & TransformationSalesforce Author, Rethink Resistance Meet Travis View the Book Get to know our keynote speaker → Watch Theresa Moulton’s recent CMR conversation with Travis Hahler Register for Lead Change™ 2026 Voices Selected for SubstanceLead Change™ 2026 will bring together researchers, practitioners, executives, advisors, technologists, governance experts, behavioral experts, and transformation leaders who can help us examine AI Adoption from multiple dimensions. Additional speakers announcing soon. Register for Lead Change™ 2026 Curated by Theresa MoultonLead Change™ 2026 is curated by Theresa Moulton, Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Change Management Review™, to bring together the perspectives professionals need to understand AI Adoption and what it means for the future of change and transformation. For nine years, Lead Change™ has convened professionals around the forces reshaping the field. In 2026, the conversation is focused on one of the most consequential of those forces yet: How artificial intelligence is changing organizations, work, people — and the practice of leading change itself. Register for Lead Change™ 2026