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AI and Emerging Technologies
The AI and Emerging Technologies Member Community explores the intersection of leadership and artificial intelligence (AI) alongside other emerging technologies. Its mission is to foster critical discourse, research, and practice around integrating these technologies into leadership education, training, and development. The community aims to equip leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of a technology-driven world, promoting ethical, sustainable, and inclusive leadership practices.
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Navigate ILA Intersections, an exclusive online member resource. Connect with like-minded leaders, access members-only resources, ILA’s online member directory, and much more.
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Member Community Leaders
Contact Community Leaders at aitech@ilaglobalnetwork.org
Executive Leadership Team
Our activities and programs are organized by this dedicated team of member volunteers. If you would like to deepen your engagement, please use the email above to contact us about volunteer opportunities.
Priorities and Projects
Mainstreaming Followership Concepts
Infusing notions of followership into mainstream leadership discussions, research, and approaches
Grow Interests in Followership
Generating greater interest in followership studies within the ILA and other organizations
Network of Scholars
Developing a network of scholars focused on followership and leader-follower relationships, alongside a practitioner network of consultants, coaches, and leaders who employ such practices.
Support
Supporting scholars and practitioners seeking to learn more about followership and to engage with others in the field
Foster Collaborations
Fostering collaborations on followership practices, research, publications, and pedagogical approaches
Online Community
Developing our online space on ILA Intersections to encourage conversations, collaborations, and networking.
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Presenter & Attendee Opportunities
ILA’s member communities make up the foundation of ILA’s Global Conference topic focused streams. Submit your session proposal and attend this premier conference.
Engage in Vibrant Discussions
Navigate ILA Intersections, an exclusive online member resource. Engage in vibrant discussions with like-minded leaders, access members-only resources and ILA’s online member directory.
Volunteer
Our activities and programs are organized by our dedicated team of member volunteers. If you would like to deepen your engagement, please email us about volunteer opportunities at aitech@ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Resources
The ILA offers a wide variety of leadership resources to help you elevate your leadership research and practice.

Supercharging Transdisciplinarity: How AI Accelerates Leadership Across Boundaries
Live Webinar Thursday, 12 February at 11AM EST (UTC-5). Discover how AI can amplify transdisciplinary leadership by enhancing your ability to integrate diverse knowledge systems, connect scattered domains, and surface hidden leverage points in today’s complex challenges.

Call for Abstracts – Disrupting the Default: Perspectives on Gender, Power, and Emergent Technology
Submit your abstract by 31 August 2025 for Disrupting the Default: Perspectives on Gender, Power, and Emergent Technology, a new book in ILA’s Transformative Women Leaders Book Series published by Emerald. The book will be edited by Christine Haskell, Ph.D., Catharyn Baird, J.D., and Randal Joy Thompson, Ph.D.

Rise of the Machines
ILA Fellow, Professor Richard Bolden, asked ChatGPT-4 to identify the top implications of AI for leadership. Bolden shares the generative AI’s response as well as some general principles leadership professionals can lean into to help mitigate the risks of AI.

Leadership and Artificial Intelligence
Cal Al-Dhubaib, Founder/CEO of AI Strategist of Pandata, discusses the use of AI in business processes and how leaders can prepare themselves and their teams to take advantage of AI.
External Resources
- Lead & Follow Podcast with Host Sharna Fabiano
- Followership Exchange WIKI