Name: How to Lead Through AI Disruption
Start: 2025-10-07T15:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-07T16:00:00+01:00

AMER, EMEA

Artificial Intelligence isn’t just a technology shift—it’s a leadership test. AI is rewriting business rules, altering competitive landscapes, and demanding new forms of decision-making. The leaders who succeed will be those who combine purpose, ethics, and strategic clarity with the speed of technological change.

Join Mark Bateman, CEO of WeQual and bestselling author of Disruptive Leadership, in conversation with Asha Poulose Johnson, Chief Digital Officer at GE Healthcare and WeQual Awards Winner of the Data and AI category, Americas 2024. Asha brings over two decades of experience leading digital and data transformation across global enterprises. She has built and scaled cloud-native AI/ML platforms, guided enterprise data strategies, and led high-performance teams to deliver measurable results while upholding ethics and governance.

Together, they will share hard-won lessons from leading AI transformation at scale—from managing risk to unlocking outcomes that translate innovation into business impact while maintaining integrity and alignment.

Mark will also introduce his complementary frameworks: the FIRE Model—Heat (Purpose & Vision), Fuel (People & Resources), and Oxygen (Customers & Market)—and his Levels of Thinking tool for assessing AI maturity and leadership readiness.

What You’ll Gain

Frameworks to assess your AI maturity

Case studies from enterprise-scale AI transformation

Strategies to balance speed, ethics, and impact

Tools to align AI initiatives with business goals
Insights from leaders at the frontline of AI disruption

Expect practical insights, live case studies, and actionable strategies to ensure your AI initiatives are not just reactive but resilient, responsible, and ready for the future.

Walk away with clear steps, case studies, and strategies to make your AI initiatives purposeful, aligned, and future ready.

Asha Poulose Johnson

GE Healthcare

Chief Digital Officer

Asha is currently a Chief Digital Officer at GE Healthcare. In this role, she is responsible for driving the software subscription digital transformation and device data intelligence solutions, aligned to the company’s purpose of “Creating a world where Healthcare has no limits”. She has previously served as a VP of Data and Analytics and the Chief Information Officer for sub-businesses within various GE Industrial segments. Asha has 25+ years of digital and management experience with deep expertise in developing digital strategies to drive business imperatives for GE and its customers, data analytics, software product development, and leading high-performing global teams in both global and regional roles. She is passionate about working with early career talent and academia and helping with diversity initiatives. Asha is currently based in Bangalore, India, and serves as the executive sponsor for the team based in India.

Asha holds a Master’s in engineering from IIT Mumbai and a Bachelor’s in Engineering from NIT Calicut. She is a board member of the USA-based Chief Data Officer forum. Asha is the recipient of numerous Industry recognitions, the most recent being named the “Distinguished Digital Engineering Leader” at the global Digital Engineering Awards held in Dallas, USA, in December 2024

Mark Bateman

WeQual

CEO & Author

Mark Bateman is the CEO of WeQual, a global leader in inclusive leadership development, working with over 350 of the world’s largest companies to drive inclusion at the top. Under his leadership, WeQual has helped identify and develop C-suite-ready talent, with 36% of award winners now sitting on executive committees.

With extensive experience coaching senior executives and advising Fortune Global 1000 companies, Mark is a recognized authority on building high-performing, diverse leadership cultures. His work has shaped global DEI strategies, helping organizations navigate leadership transitions and embed sustainable, impactful change.