What should a leader look for at an AI summit beyond new tools?
I was at The Female Quotient AI Summit at Webster Hall in New York, and the session titles alone gave a leader plenty to bring back: reliability, imagination, how people encounter content. Before you open your notes at an event like this, write down one problem your team is trying to solve.
The program puts trust, creativity, leadership and AI agents in the same conversation. "The Trust Imperative: Building AI We Can Rely On" asks us to consider reliability. "Ahead of Her Time: Tyra Banks and the Power of Imagination" makes room for imagination. "Experiences That Evolve: The Dynamic Future of Media" turns attention toward how people encounter content.
You don't need to sit through every session to get something out of a conference. Make the problem specific enough that you'd know a useful answer when you heard one. "We need an AI strategy" is broad. "Our team needs to prepare client meeting briefs without circulating unverified information" gives you something to work with.
Then split your notes in two. One section is for what the speaker said, with the name and context. The other is for what you might try in your own work. Your team will want to know which is which, because a speaker's example and your proposed experiment are different things.
Carry one question through the day. What could we test, on a real task, without making a promise we can't yet support?