EPIQ Leadership Group

Adaptability & Resilience: Irreplaceable Skills in an AI Era

Amazon Web Services

Oracle

Capital One

NVIDIA

Johnson & Johnson

Rich Hua

Ex-Chief EQ Evangelist and Worldwide Head at Amazon

How your bio-physiology reacts to these stimuli and the impact on focus, performance, and relationships

The neuroscience of uncertainty, change, and stress

Fundamental EQ skills to be calmer and make better decisions under pressure

Manage stressors more effectively

Strengthen self-trust to navigate change and recover from setbacks

Boost adaptability confidence

Master essential people skills to transform from technical expert to impactful leader in today's AI-driven tech landscape.

Sr. EM @ Zapier, Trained Therapist

Kelly Vaughn

10+ Years Tech Leader | 20+ Years in Tech | Trained Therapist

Cohort 6

Cohort 7

AI is changing how teams build, ship, and collaborate—but the best engineering leaders still stand out for their human skills.This course helps you develop the communication, feedback, and decision-making tools that drive trust and performance—whether you’re a new manager, an aspiring one, or an engineer who wants to lead without the title.Join 100+ engineering leaders who’ve leveled up their leadership in the AI era.

Lead with clarity. Build trust. Drive meaningful results.

Identify and develop growth opportunities within your team

Communicate with clarity and impact

Deliver constructive, actionable feedback

New engineering managers looking to build the interpersonal skills required to succeed as a leader in the workplace

Aspiring engineering managers looking to build the skills to land their first job as an engineering manager

Software engineers who are eager to learn how to manage up and build influence without directly managing others

Gain practical tools you can immediately apply to thrive in the new hybrid Human-AI Workforce 

Dec 2025 Cohort

Leadership Strategist for the AI Era

Google

Citi

Verizon

Micron

Charlie Ang

Futurist x Strategist x Instructor on AI + Future of Work + Leadership

Founding Cohort

Feb 2026 Cohort

WHY THIS PROGRAM AND WHY NOW?AI is no longer just automating tasks. It is beginning to disrupt management itself. Reports, plans, analyses, and even decisions are increasingly generated by intelligent systems.Managers who rely only on traditional skills risk being outperformed by algorithms that think faster, cheaper, and more creatively.While AI can provide intelligent answers, it cannot yet replace the higher-order and more strategic thinking that defines great leadership. With the rapid advancement of AI, the need for managers to upskill cognitively and strategically has never been more serious and urgent.﻿WHO IS THIS FOR?This program is for leaders, entrepreneurs, and managers who want to stay ahead of the accelerating disruptions caused by AI.You’ll gain the meta-skills and strategic frameworks to transcend the threat posed by AI and transform this challenge into your next advantage.The program blends futurist insights, guided instruction, interactive learning, case-based exercises, and a capstone project, ensuring that you not only learn new frameworks but also apply them immediately and effectively.

Acquire the Critical Leadership Skills for the Hybrid AI–Human Workforce

Become a Super-Strategist, Hyper-Innovator, Future-Navigator, and Wise-Leader 

Stay relevant and valuable

Upgrade your cognitive and creative toolkit

Strengthen your confidence to lead teams

Make sharper and smarter decisions

Transform your company, function or role

Executives &amp; DirectorsDepartment &amp; Functional HeadsProgram, Product &amp; Project ManagersDigital, Technology &amp; Engineering Leaders

Strategy &amp; Planning ManagersInnovation &amp; Transformation PractitionersHuman Resources &amp; OD ManagersTeam, Unit &amp; Squad Leads

Operations, Finance &amp; Marketing ProfessionalsFounders &amp; EntrepreneursLeadership Coaches &amp; MentorsConsultants &amp; Advisors

Build resilience with tools to manage stress, adapt to change, set boundaries, and thrive with confidence in uncertain times.

Life Management Science Advisor

Grace Pham

Life Management Science Advisor | Training & Teaching

Daisy Pham

Life Management Science Advisor | Strategic Communication | Content Creator

Personal Resilience Science Essential Series

Resilience isn’t just “being strong”. It’s understanding how stress works, how your mind reacts, and how you can respond instead of break. With Personal Resilience Science Essentials, you will: ✅ Understand how self-regulation, mindset, and cognitive appraisal shape emotional stability ✅ Strengthen confidence, locus of control, and your capacity to adapt under pressure ✅ Learn practical methods to manage conflict, set boundaries, and seek help when needed ✅ Build skills to prevent burnout and digital fatigue before they escalate ✅ Develop personalized coping mechanisms that support clarity, recovery, and growth Week by week, you’ll replace emotional overwhelm with measured response using science-backed frameworks to understand your stress patterns, work with them, and shape resilience from the inside out. Expect steadier reactions, healthier boundaries, and resilience that feels practiced, not forced. Developed by LMSL and grounded in research from the Institute for Life Management Science, this course offers a field-tested approach that helps you thrive with confidence.

Life Hits Hard, You Can Hit Back and Build Resilience That Holds

Strengthen your internal capacity to stay grounded through challenges

Build emotional resilience that supports long-term personal growth

Manage stress, conflict, and fatigue with more balance and clarity

Individuals Struggling to Bounce Back From StressBuild confidence, self-regulation, and coping skills to recover stronger each time.

Professionals Facing High-Pressure EnvironmentsManage conflict, fatigue, and boundaries while staying steady and clear-headed.

Growth-Driven Learners Seeking Inner StabilityStrengthen mindset, coherence, and resilience with practical, science-based tools.

The Leadership Crisis No One Talks AboutIt's 2:47 AM and you're staring at the retention dashboard. Again. Your "AI-enhanced" feature launched to fanfare three months ago... great press, executive excitement, promising initial adoption. Now you're watching 73% of users abandon it after the first session. Tomorrow's executive product meeting is focused on exactly this: the design problem causing the retention cliff. You need to present research findings and lead a strategy discussion that could reshape your entire approach to AI. This isn't just about fixing a feature, it's about defining what AI design leadership looks like. Why This Moment MattersYour credibility was built on predictable delivery. For years, you shipped experiences that worked consistently. Now you're pioneering something entirely new, and that positions you to lead the industry standard. The paradigm has fundamentally shifted: Traditional UX Design:- Deterministic systems with predictable, consistent experiences- One-way interaction where users experience a fixed interface- Success measured by users completing intended paths AI Systems:- Non-deterministic learning systems where every interaction changes future behaviour- Bi-directional adaptation where both human and AI evolve through each encounter- Success measured by the quality of the evolving relationship﻿ 54% of people don't trust AI systems despite 61% of respondents using them daily. (University of Melbourne and KPMG, 2025) That retention cliff isn't a failure; it's feedback. Users sense the mismatch between predictable tools and learning entities. You're uniquely positioned to solve what no one else has figured out yet. The OpportunityThe leaders who master relationship design first won't just solve their retention problems; they'll become the case study everyone else studies.This is your chance to define what trustworthy AI design looks like, rather than follow standards someone else sets. A Leadership Transformation in Three MovementsThis intensive journey rebuilds your leadership approach for the relationship design era: 1. Leading Through UncertaintyHow to guide teams building systems that learn and adaptCommunicating AI value to executives without overpromisingMaking decisions about technologies you're still mastering 2. Building Trust-First TeamsEstablishing design processes for non-deterministic systemsCreating quality standards for evolving AI relationshipsDeveloping team capabilities in trust signal design 3. Scaling Relationship DesignImplementing frameworks that work across your entire organisationMeasuring success in dynamic, learning systemsBuilding competitive advantage through trustworthy AI ﻿For Design Leaders Under PressureDesigned for leaders who must deliver AI transformation while maintaining team confidence and executive credibility—who recognise that relationship design isn't just a new methodology, it's the fundamental shift that determines whether your organisation leads or follows. Whether you're currently:A UX Design Leader orchestrating team transformationA UX Research Leader scaling insights through AIA Strategic Design Leader defining AI-enhanced experiencesWhat unites our participants is their recognition that leading AI adoption requires something more nuanced than traditional management approaches. The Essential Leadership Outcomes You emerge with:Frameworks to guide teams building learning systems you can't fully predictLanguage to communicate AI value without technical BS to executivesProcesses that maintain quality while embracing non-deterministic outputsMetrics that prove relationship design delivers measurable business impactA network of leaders defining the standards everyone else will follow Most importantly, you join a community of leaders pioneering this emerging discipline; professionals who understand that the most valuable AI systems won't be those with impressive technical specifications, but those designed with profound understanding of human trust dynamics. A Limited ExperienceLimited to fifteen participants per cohortFocused on meaningful exchange and personal attentionA deliberate practice developed through engagement with fellow leaders "The leaders who recognise this shift first won't just survive the transition—they'll define what relationship design looks like for everyone else." ** This course can you considered as an Add-On to the Human-Centred AI : Building AI Systems People can Trust. https://maven.com/ai-flywheel/human-centred-ai

Lead with Trustworthy AI: Design, Innovate & Inspire

Course syllabus

Weekly LIve Ethics Lesson 90 minute sessions where we unpack 1 ethical principle in depth and have peer to peer conversation.

Thursdays - Live Workshops

You'll be given<ul><li>&lt; 60 min of e-learning modules per week</li><li>practical exercises</li><li>micro-habits to apply learnings directly to your AI use in your daily work</li></ul>

Self paced learning 

You have access to BONUS lessons to build your personal AI literacy - this optional session is a group coaching opportunity for any questions or challenges you have using AI for your own work.

Optional - AI Help Office Hours

Course schedule

UX &amp; Design Directors : Balancing executive AI demands with your team's creative integrity and fear of replacement.

UX Research Leaders : Scaling research with AI whilst preserving methodological rigour and meaningful human insights.

Service Design Leader : Reimagining end-to-end experiences with Human+AI interactions whilst maintaining human agency and trust.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

You'll leave being able balance innovation with user trust, giving you confidence to lead AI initiatives that executives support.

1. Strategic AI Roadmap for Design Teams

Master proven design patterns that increase user trust in AI features by 30%. You'll learn exactly where transparency, human oversight, and error correction mechanisms create measurable improvements in adoption and retention.

2. Trust-Building Design Patterns 

Transform your designers from AI-overwhelmed to AI-empowered with frameworks that show exactly where AI enhances rather than threatens creativity. You'll restructure workflows that boost productivity whilst preserving your team's unique human value.

3. Team Transformation to AI-Enhanced Operations

Establish yourself as your organisation's trusted authority on Trustworthy AI design. You'll master the language, metrics and case studies that convince skeptical stakeholders, positioning you as the strategic bridge between technology and human experience.

4. Leadership Positioning Strategy

The live weekly sessions we unpack 1 ethical principle using a real world case study of an AI implementation that went wrong. Having peer-to-peer discussions and practice applying the ethical principle to a new case study. Allowing you to practice applying in safe space.

5. Real-World Implementation of AI Ethical Principles

Design leaders are under pressure -  expected to adopt AI, guide teams through change, protect creativity, and build trust at scale.