How will AI change the tasks and skills of business leaders? In this event, Stefano Piano from Mindstone, and Mathieu François-Barseghian from Homo Promptus will join forces to answer this question. Stefano P. will do a hands-on demo showcasing how today’s business leaders can combine voice, text, and presentation tools to accelerate daily work and decision-making. Mathieu F-B. will discuss the five professional senses every leader needs to cultivate to amplify their impact with AI.
Stefano Piano is Head of Community and Partnerships at Mindstone, an AI education company running the world's largest practical AI community with 22,000+ members across 20+ cities. He manages global community meetups and delivers enterprise AI training programs to organizations including Home Depot, Hyatt, Pearson, and Lufthansa. Prior to Mindstone, Stefano worked at the OECD advising ministers, senior executives, and school leaders about the future of education and training.
Mathieu François-Barseghian is Co-founder and CTO of Homo Promptus, where he helps leaders and organizations turn AI from buzzword into practical leadership capability through vendor-neutral training based on the 5 Professional Senses framework (Analyze, Design, Decide, Create, Improve). Prior to founding Homo Promptus, Mathieu spent nearly five years at Citi's Fintech Incubator in Singapore, rising from Entrepreneur in Residence to Senior Vice President and Head of Product Delivery. He led the architecture and launch of Citi Securities Lending Access, generating double-digit millions in revenue, and managed technology strategy across 15+ projects spanning trading analytics, tokenization, and NLP.
Detailed agenda:
- Live Demo – The Modern AI Stack for Business Leaders (Mindstone) - 6.00-6.20pm
A hands-on demo showcasing how today’s business leaders can combine voice, text, and presentation tools to accelerate daily work and decision-making.
→ See how AI can become a thinking partner, not just a productivity tool.
- Talk – Evolving with AI: The 5 Professional Senses of Tomorrow’s Leader (Homo Promptus) - 6.20-7.40pm
Discover how AI is transforming not only what leaders do, but how they think.
Mathieu François, founder of Homo Promptus, explores:
- Why the real transformation isn’t technical but cognitive.
- How to evolve from automation to augmentation.
- The five professional senses every leader needs to cultivate to amplify their impact with AI: Analyze, Design, Decide, Create, Improve.
→ A practical, human-centric framework for intentional AI adoption.
- Fireside Chat – AI in Practice: Successes, Struggles, and Measurable Impact - 6.40-6.55pm
An open conversation with corporate leaders on what is working (and what is not) when implementing AI. We’ll discuss:- How organisations measure real impact beyond cost savings.
- What cultural and leadership shifts make AI adoption sustainable.
- Lessons learned from early projects and internal champions.
- Wrap-Up & Open Q&A
Key takeaways, reflections, and an invitation to continue the conversation over drinks.