The CEO and CPO are the two leaders most responsible for shaping the future of an organisation’s success. Yet in many organisations, strategy, workforce planning, capability, culture, and technology transformation continue to happen separately rather than together.
The CEO × CPO Room exists to close that gap. Brought to you in partnership by EMA, New Zealand’s largest business association, Best Places to Work™, one of the country’s leading sources of employee experience insights and workplace benchmarking data, and FluxB2B, a strategic growth partner to New Zealand CEOs and executive leaders.
Recent Deloitte Human Capital Trends research highlights the challenge. While 87% of New Zealand leaders identify future workforce planning as a priority, very few report meaningful progress in creating the leadership, culture, and organisational conditions required for successful AI transformation.
Organisations that intentionally design how people and AI work together are twice as likely to exceed ROI expectations and 2.5 times more likely to report strong financial results. The gap between knowing and doing is measurable, and organisations are starting to pay for it.
The challenge is not simply adopting new technology. It is rethinking leadership, decision-making, capability, culture, organisational design, and ways of working.
Through facilitated working sessions and peer discussion, CEOs and CPOs will explore what leadership looks like in an AI-enabled organisation, how capability and workforce readiness need to evolve, and how organisations can redesign work, culture, and decision-making to create meaningful business outcomes.
This is not a conference and there are no keynote speakers with all the answers. It is a curated working forum designed for practical conversations, shared learning, and clear actions leaders can take back into their organisations.
Participation is by invitation and places are limited to ensure meaningful discussion among peers.
To register your interest, please complete the expression of interest form and we’ll be in touch.