The Change Leadership

06/02/2026

05/29/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the Change Leadership Conference 2026! 🙏

Whether you joined us in person or virtually, your energy, insights, and commitment made this event unforgettable.

From powerful sessions to meaningful connections!

We are beyond grateful for our incredible speakers, partners, and sponsors who made this event possible.

And of course, thank you to all of you for being part of this journey.

Let’s keep the conversation going on leading and responding to change in today’s fast-paced ever-changing world.

Share your pictures and feedback from the event. And look out for when super-early tickets for 2027 open up.

05/27/2026

Welcome to The Change Leadership Conference 2026!

Whether you’re joining us in person or tuning in virtually, we are so excited to have you with us.

We’d love to see how you’re experiencing the conference.

Tag us in your posts, share your favourite moments, and use our official hashtag:

05/26/2026

We’re officially less than 24 hours away from The Change Leadership Conference!

The speakers are ready.
Our sponsors, partners, and exhibitors are ready.
The conversations are ready.

And we cannot wait to welcome you into the room.

See you tomorrow at The Change Leadership Conference!

Speakers:
• Colleen Ward, SVP, Enterprise Delivery Office, Scotiabank
• Sharon McLaughlin, HR Executive & Leadership Coach, Change Management Specialist & President, ACMP Ontario Chapter
• Michael Hartmann, Professor of Medicine & Management, Academic Principal & Co-Director, McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business, The Directors College
• Elizabeth McSavaney, HR Transformation Leader, SVP & Chief People Officer, Zurich
• Dr. Wendy Cukier, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Founder and Academic Director, Diversity Institute | Future Skills Centre
• Nadim Kara, EVP, Head of People and Culture, GreenShield
• Jahanzaib Ansari, Co-Founder and CEO, Knockri
• Matt Dragun, Transformation Specialist and Founder, MATAE
• Thomas Doyle III, Head of Digital Services, and President and CEO, PMI Ottawa
• Nissi Ozigbu, Change Management Strategist and Founder, The Growth Hut
• Lydia Harris, Accredited Change Master, Research, Insights and Advocacy Lead, Change Management Institute
• Chad Fahlberg, Founder and Performance Coach, The Resilience Equation
• Lon Wong, Founder, Partner and Author, More Human
• Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta, Change Strategist and Founder, The Change Leadership | OliveBlue
• Alex Jackson, Change and Innovation Consultant, Founder, Experience Innovation
• Dr. Jill Birch, Strategy Consultant, Author, Founder and CEO, BirchGrove

Sponsors:
• Matae
• Greenshield
• OliveBlue

Partners & Exhibitor:
• CIM Chartered Managers Canada
• Change Management Institute
• PMI Ottawa Valley
• PMI Durham Highlands
• ACMP Ontario Chapter
• Ted Rogers School of Management, Diversity Institute
• Future Skills Centre
• BirchGrove
• Knockri
• IABC Toronto
• Capillary Consulting

05/25/2026

Today, we celebrate Global Change Leadership Day. 💚

A day to recognize the people who help organizations, teams, and communities navigate change with clarity, courage, empathy, and impact.

Change leadership is not simply about managing projects.

It is about helping people move through uncertainty.
It is about creating alignment when things feel unclear.
It is about building trust, strengthening resilience, and leading with purpose when the path ahead is shifting.

To every change leader, transformation leader, HR leader, project leader, executive, consultant, facilitator, coach, and everyday champion helping people move forward:

We see you.
We celebrate you.
We thank you.

Your work matters.

Because change does not happen alone.

It happens through people who choose to lead, listen, guide, support, challenge, and create possibility.

Happy Global Change Leadership Day from all of us at The Change Leadership.

💚 Celebrate with us today.

Share what change leadership means to you.
Recognize a change leader who has made an impact.
Use the hashtag
Tag The Change Leadership so we can celebrate with you.

05/25/2026

We are honoured to announce the recipient of the 2026 Change Leader Excellence Award:

Alexandra Salamis
Senior Director, People and Change Leader

Alexandra was selected by our distinguished Assessment Committee following a rigorous evaluation process.

Her work reflects what exceptional change leadership looks like in practice.

Over the past 25+ years, Alexandra has led complex public and private sector transformations across Canada, bringing together strategy, people-centred change, stakeholder engagement, organizational redesign, and sustainable culture change.

But what makes her work stand out is not only the scale of change she has led.

It is the way she has led it.

With measurable impact.
With strategic depth.
With a people-centred mindset.
With a deep commitment to advancing the discipline of change management.

The Change Leader Excellence Award honours an exceptional professional whose work has transformed organizations and elevated the standards of the change management profession.

Alexandra has done exactly that.

Please join us in congratulating Alexandra Salamis, the 2026 Change Leader Excellence Award recipient.

Tag a change leader who has made an impact on you, your team, or your organization.

05/22/2026

Knockri was working in AI long before AI became a buzzword.

Long before organizations were scrambling to understand what AI would mean for the future of work, Knockri was already helping companies rethink hiring through AI-driven talent solutions designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and support better decision-making.

They didn’t wait for AI to become popular.
They were already building.

That forward-thinking approach is exactly why we’re proud to have Knockri as a partner for The Change Leadership Conference 2026.

Because the future of change leadership is not just about adopting new technology.

It’s about understanding how technology, people, leadership, and decision-making come together in practice.

We’re excited to have Knockri contributing to that conversation.

📍 Join us on May 27, 2026
In-person or virtually

Register now:
www.ChangeLeadershipConference.com

👉🏾 Tag someone interested in the future of AI, leadership, and work.
📩 DM us to learn more about attending or partnering.

05/21/2026

If you’re leading change, these are the conversations you want to be part of.

The Change Leadership Conference 2026 brings together the issues change leaders are navigating right now:

AI.
Buy-in.
Future skills.
Inclusion.
Resilience.
Who's role to lead change
And what future-ready change leadership requires now.

But this is not just an agenda.

It is a full Change Leadership Experience.

You’ll hear from executives, strategists, researchers, practitioners, and change leaders across sectors. You’ll take part in facilitated roundtables, connect through networking opportunities, and gain practical insights to help you lead change with greater clarity, confidence, and relevance.

For virtual attendees, you can still be part of the day from wherever you are, with live access to the sessions, virtual networking, post-event recordings, and the digital Change Leadership Playbook.

📍 In-person tickets: SOLD OUT
📍 Virtual tickets close Monday, May 25

If you want to be part of the conversations shaping how change is led now, this is your final window to join us.

Get your virtual ticket before registration closes:
http://changeleadershipconference.com

05/20/2026

We are officially less than 7 days away from The Change Leadership Conference 2026.

And one of the experiences we’re especially looking forward to this year is our facilitated roundtable sessions led by Dr. Jill Birch & BirchGrove.

These sessions are designed to move beyond surface-level discussion and into the real issues leaders are navigating right now across change, transformation, people, leadership, and organizational complexity.

Through a special Collective Genius session, BirchGrove will help facilitate peer-level conversations focused on some of the biggest challenges affecting change leaders today, while creating space for participants to exchange ideas, insights, solutions, and practical approaches together.

Because sometimes the most valuable insight in the room comes from the conversation happening at your table.

A special thank you to BirchGrove for partnering with us to help create a more interactive, thoughtful, and practical conference experience.

📍 In-person tickets: SOLD OUT
📍 Virtual tickets are still available

Register here:
http://changeleadershipconference.com/