About speaker

Chris Avore

Diligent

VP Design & Author

Chris Avore is a design executive and AI product leader shaping how enterprise software evolves in an agentic era. He leads global design teams, works directly with senior executives, and helps organizations turn AI from a technical capability into a practical, human-centered advantage. His work focuses on AI-first UX, design systems, and decision-support experiences that people actually trust and adopt. Chris is a frequent conference speaker and workshop facilitator, and co-authored the design management and leadership book Liftoff!, published by Rosenfeld Media in 2020.

Talk details

Day 39 (10/2)

10:40 – 11:25

fri 2

10:40 – 11:25

Chris Avore VP Design & Author at Diligent

AI Culture Design Leadership Management

As AI hype collides with workplace realities, design leaders face a threefold challenge: managing executive expectations fueled by LinkedIn headlines and pithy X posts, calming teams worried about being replaced, and figuring out how to integrate AI into both new products and legacy systems.

In this talk, Chris Avore shares lessons from leading design organizations through this transition—from using AI to power product innovation to leveraging it for team enablement, like automating operational tasks to create time to design better outcomes. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to set realistic expectations, ease team anxiety, and drive meaningful AI adoption in their own organizations.

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