Steer when AI does more of the work.
What do leaders own when AI can execute?
- Decision rights and human judgment
- Redesigning roles and work, not just adding tools
- Closing the gap between what leaders think and what employees experience
LCA2027 · 4th edition · July 19–21, 2027 · Virtual and free to attend
Lead. Lift. Leap.
Leadership and coaching for human + AI teams
By next year, AI will not just be a tool people use. It will be a member of the team. LCA2027 brings Asia’s leaders and coaches together to work out what that asks of each of us.
1,560+Registrants to date
60Countries
35+Expert speakers
4thEdition
The storyline
One week of keynotes, then three days, three verbs
Two keynotes the week before set the context. Each conference day then takes one verb and explores it through both the leadership and coaching tracks.
Keynote 1 · The week before
The shift ahead
What is really changing in work across Asia, and what the research tells leaders to do about it.
Keynote 2 · The week before
What only humans can do
Judgment, trust, meaning and care: the human work that matters more, not less, as AI grows.
Develop people to grow alongside AI.
How do we help people keep up and keep their footing?
- Coaching confidence, judgment and adaptability
- Closing the skills and readiness gap at Asian scale
- Well-being, overload and meaning at work
- Ethical, AI-assisted coaching
Move into human + AI teams, together.
What does a great human + AI team look like, and how do we get there?
- Designing teams where humans and AI work side by side
- Building trust and accountability in mixed teams
- Stories from Asian organizations already making the move
2 keynotes and 9 sessions: 4 on the leadership track, 4 on the coaching track and 1 closing panel.
Save your place for July 19–21
Free to attend, online, from wherever you are in Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Speakers
Speakers announced soon
LCA2027 brings together senior leaders and ICF-credentialed coaches from across Asia-Pacific. We will announce the keynote, track and panel speakers in the months ahead.
View the sessions from past conferences
Why now
Last year we named the advantage. This year we act on it.
LCA 2026 asked a question many were still debating: does the human advantage hold in the age of AI? More than 550 leaders and coaches from 57 countries joined that conversation. Since then, the wider world has answered it. Global research on work is now built around the human advantage, and HR leaders worldwide rank AI transformation as their top priority.
So the question has moved. It is no longer whether humans matter. It is how humans lead, grow and work when AI sits inside the team.
- 2025Experiment
Organizations ran AI pilots and tested tools. Most of the conversation was about what the technology could do.
- 2026Human advantage
Attention turned to people. Research converged on the idea that value comes from humans and AI together, not AI alone.
- 2027Human + AI teams
AI agents take on more of the work. Leaders and coaches now design, develop and lead teams where humans and AI work side by side.
What the research is telling us
We studied the latest global research from leading consulting firms, business schools, professional bodies and policymakers. Four patterns stood out.
Global study of executives and employees, 2026
18%Value lags investment
Most organizations are spending more on AI, but only a small group turn it into real value. The difference is investing in people as seriously as in technology.
Survey of 4,500+ HR professionals, 2026
53%Readiness trails usage
People already use AI every week, yet many organizations give their HR teams no AI training at all. Skills, not tools, are the bottleneck.
Global study of executives and employees, 2026
55%Humans carry the cost
More than half of employees report cognitive overload, and many worry about job security. Leaders often underestimate both. This is where coaching matters most.
Global study of 20,000 AI users, 2026
2×Asia is moving first
In India, 32% of AI users already work with AI agents on multi-step work, double the global average of 16%. The questions of human + AI teams are arriving in Asia first.
The common thread
AI adoption is already happening. The gap is leadership. Organizations need leaders who keep humans in the lead, coaches who help people grow with the change, and teams designed for humans and AI to work together. That is Lead, Lift and Leap.
Your takeaways
What you will walk away with
If you lead people
- A clear view of which decisions should stay human and which AI can own.
- Practical ways to redesign roles and work for human + AI teams.
- Tools to close the gap between your view of AI adoption and your team’s.
- A plan to build your team’s AI readiness without burning people out.
If you coach people
- Approaches for coaching leaders through constant, AI-driven change.
- Ways to build judgment, confidence and adaptability in your clients.
- An ethical frame for using AI in your own coaching practice.
- A clearer sense of the coach’s role when AI can coach too.
The bigger picture
What LCA 2027 sets out to achieve
As work moves into a new era, we want this conference to leave Asia’s leadership and coaching community better prepared, not just better informed.
A shared language for human + AI teams
Leaders and coaches across Asia leave with common words and ideas for leading, developing and working in teams that include AI.
Humans kept in the lead
A clear point of view that people should steer AI, own the decisions and stay accountable for outcomes.
Leaders and coaches working as partners
Stronger connections between the two communities, so coaching becomes part of how organizations make the change.
Asia’s voice in the global conversation
Asia is adopting AI fast. LCA2027 puts the region’s experience, case stories and practitioners at the center of the debate.
Join us · July 19–21, 2027
Lead. Lift. Leap. Together.
Register now to save your place at the fourth Leaders & Coaches of Asia virtual conference.
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