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Keystone Sessions // July 31st
July 31 @ 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm CDT
FreeA weekly networking event focused on innovation, education & entrepreneurship – featuring 3 unique topics & inspiring speakers.
Doors open at 4:00 for networking, drinks and food.
Calling all tech enthusiasts, creatives, entrepreneurs, urban growers and innovators in KC. Sessions are back!
5-6pm: Beth Noser The Time to Start is Now: Take the First Steps to Conquer Your Next Challenge: There’s transformative power in embracing challenges and overcoming obstacles. Drawing parallels from learning to ride a bike to starting a new business, Beth highlights that both endeavors involve initial struggles and setbacks. Together we will learn to view failure not as a deterrent but as a stepping stone towards success. The importance of perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity will be proven as Beth recounts personal anecdotes where persistence led to triumph.
6-7pm: Emily McIntyre – How to succeed at Failure: Resilience skill building At the intersection of Change Management and Innovation is the remarkable opportunity to architect a culture of resilience and innovation through the power of Happy Accidents. Join Growth & Impact Strategist Emily McIntyre as she reveals her “How to Succeed At Failure” framework for transforming corporate culture and catalyzing breakthrough innovations, even during the hardest business challenges. Drawing from her journey leading change-making organizations around the world and advising clients like Instacart, McIntyre will inspire attendees to reframe failure as opportunity and share a practical roadmap to architect a “Good Growth” culture of innovation leadership in a world where resilience isn’t optional: it’s everything.
7-8pm: Erika Strandell – Customer-Powered: Transforming Ideas to Impact The heart of innovation is our customer value proposition. But it’s not always a straight line from idea to success. We’ll explore how customer-powered design practices bring that value to life across every part of your business and share how we can create conditions for innovation success within our organizations by keeping our customers at the center.
Drop in anytime between 5-8pm to be part of the conversation and learning from industry leaders.
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