How to Get and Keep Executive Roles in the AI Economy

What you'll learn: 1/ Balance AI hype vs real business needs now. As an executive, how do you balance and evaluate AI hype with what your business realistically needs now? 2/ Your sound AI adoption plan for teams. As an executive, how do you manage ongoing disruption and uncertainly around AI? 3/ How to lead by example with GenAI. How does your own use of GenAI act an important model for your org/team as well as a good tool to use in a job search? Why this topic matters: GenAI is reshaping how teams build, decide, and compete...fast. Executives who model practical use set the bar for learning and speed, while a clear adoption plan reduces risk and confusion amid constant disruption. Balancing hype with real business needs keeps investment focused, outcomes measurable, and talent (and your job search) sharper. Read our Level Up article on 'Be AI+: Human Skills for the Machine Age' - https://levelupwithethanevans.substac... Read Sue's article on 'From Resistance to Resilience: Our Role as Change Agents in AI Adoption' - https://levelupwithethanevans.substac... And if you are interested, join Sue & Ethan's upcoming cohort of Cracking the C-suite in the AI Economy starting on May 2. The course is for current Directors and VPs. Each cohort is limited to 50 seats. And you get invited to ongoing alumni reunions hosted by Sue - https://maven.com/ethan-evans/crackin... --------- About Ethan Evans In Ethan's 15+ years at Amazon, he led global teams of 800+ and invented well-known businesses and products such as Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming (formerly Twitch Prime), and Twitch Commerce. -- 70+ patents. -- Reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and 1,000+ hires. -- Was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader, responsible for training and maintaining Amazon's group of interview outcome facilitators. -- Helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” — the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are Ethan's. Ethan's LinkedIn:   / ethanevansvp   Level Up Newsletter: https://levelupwithethanevans.substac... Leadership development courses https://maven.com/ethan-evans (live online) and https://ethan-evans.mykajabi.com/ (on-demand) --------- About Sue Bethanis, Ed.D. Susan J. Bethanis, Ed.D., is the CEO/Founder of Mariposa Leadership, Inc., a 15-person San Francisco- based firm, which provides executive coaching and design thinking to high-tech leaders. Sue is the author of the well-received business book Leadership Chronicles of a Corporate Sage (Kaplan Publishing, 2004) and hosts the popular show WiseTalk, a monthly leadership forum, and WiseSpace, a Zoom coaching community. Sue regularly facilitates strategy offsites and delivers keynotes on influence, coaching, and innovation. Most recently, Sue has been focused on supporting executives to pivot strategies and enhance culture given the Hybrid/Remote work environment. Using real-time, relevant business issues, Sue helps executives: Energize their leadership skills that results in increased influence across the organization. Energize their leadership teams that results in increased engagement, motivation, and productivity. Energize their leadership creativity that results in innovative and sustainable organizational strategies, structures, and culture ​Sue has worked with many Silicon Valley and San Francisco companies and non-profits, including C-level Executives and VPs at Amazon, Apple, Cisco, eBay, EqCA, Expedia, GoFundMe, Google, Guru, HPE, Intel, LinkedIn, Microsoft, MongoDB, Monite, Paypal, Pinterest, Roku, Twitch, Workday, Yahoo!, and Zynga. Sue's LinkedIn:   / suebethanis   Mariposa Leadership: https://mariposaleadership.com/