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As AI becomes more powerful—and more pervasive—leaders are stuck asking the wrong question: What can machines do better than us? But the real magic lives in a bolder inquiry: What can we now imagine because of them?

In this electrifying keynote, Carla Johnson reframes AI not as a threat to human relevance, but as a partner in our deepest creative potential. Drawing from her acclaimed TEDx talk and decades of work with innovation-driven organizations, she shows how the best ideas don’t come from algorithms. Instead, they come from the dance between human curiosity and machine intelligence.

This isn’t about using AI to automate the old. It’s about using it to imagine the never-been-done. To return to wonder. To lead with questions instead of competing with answers. Through provocative stories, practical tools, and a reawakened sense of possibility, Carla equips audiences to reclaim creativity as a strategic advantage. And to see AI not as a replacement, but as a reverent reminder of what makes us beautifully human.

The world around us is moving faster than ever before. While efficiency, productivity, and AI are the de rigueur of the day, teams are struggling to keep pace with change. What if, instead of being a time-consuming distraction, curiosity is the ultimate competitive advantage that’s right under our noses? 

It’s time we understand the true fundamentals of curiosity and how to apply them so that we can not only do more, better, and faster, but also find a way to connect on a deeper human level. All while finding a renewed sense of excitement about the future and our collective contribution to it.

People think innovation’s only for a select few. The ones with the right title, the right degree, or the right budget. It sounds expensive, time-consuming, and way too complicated for the rest of us. So we settle for status-quo thinking, underwhelming results, and the occasional flash of brilliance we hope will magically appear when we need it most. Are we doomed of wistfully dreaming we’re the golden unicorn who comes up with fantastical ideas at the drop of a hat? 

But what if innovation wasn’t a mystery or a miracle?

What if, instead of struggle and frustration, there was a proven framework for consistently developing the great ideas that drive bottom-line impact? And what if everyone in your organization could learn it?

Based on her bestselling book RE:Think Innovation, Carla Johnson reveals a scaleable, teachable framework that turns everyday employees into extraordinary innovators. No guesswork. No gimmicks. Just a clear, proven method that the most successful and prolific thinkers use to consistently generate great ideas that move the bottom line big time.