Building a Culture of Curiosity

January

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2026

5:30pm

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6:30pm

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Building a Culture of Curiosity

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Internal partners armed with AI tools increasingly relegate highly skilled in-house design teams to execution resources rather than strategic thinkers. The relentless pressure to just "produce"—driven by the flawed assumption that automated tech can replace foundational expertise—has led designers to push back rather than explore.

Reversing this transactional relationship requires design leaders to actively cultivate an environment where experimentation outweighs output. But when "everyone can design", how can leaders rebuild a culture of curiosity for their teams? Let’s discuss!

In this session, we’ll explore ways to:
• Shift cross-functional conversations to collaborative inquiry
• Embed curiosity into daily workflows despite heavy production demands
• Reignite a passion for innovation and discovery in weary designers

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions for an interactive, facilitated discussion with up to 12 senior design leaders from high profile brands.

Can't make this one? We've got lots of options! Check out other roundtables, and here's an overview of our community.

Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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DESIGN Leader Virtual Roundtable

Internal partners armed with AI tools increasingly relegate highly skilled in-house design teams to execution resources rather than strategic thinkers. The relentless pressure to just "produce"—driven by the flawed assumption that automated tech can replace foundational expertise—has led designers to push back rather than explore.

Reversing this transactional relationship requires design leaders to actively cultivate an environment where experimentation outweighs output. But when "everyone can design", how can leaders rebuild a culture of curiosity for their teams? Let’s discuss!

In this session, we’ll explore ways to:
• Shift cross-functional conversations to collaborative inquiry
• Embed curiosity into daily workflows despite heavy production demands
• Reignite a passion for innovation and discovery in weary designers

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions for an interactive, facilitated discussion with up to 12 senior design leaders from high profile brands.

Can't make this one? We've got lots of options! Check out other roundtables, and here's an overview of our community.

What to Expect:

Participate in an moderated discussion with up to 12 senior design leaders

Learn and share top priorities to be sure you're prepared for an exciting and productive year

Connect with other smart, kind leaders to build your professional network

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Curious about our InsideOut Community?

Your Host

Susie hall

President, Community & Customer Engagement

AQUENT

Your CO-Host

KATE GOTTFRIED

VP, Community & Customer Engagement

AQUENT

Your Hosts

Lucy Hernandez

Chief Creative Office

OPENFORM

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Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

OPENFORM

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Your Hosts

Lucy Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Lucy Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where her goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Run of show

12:00PM

Webinar Begins

Opening remarks from your hosts

12:15PM

5-Tips

5 Tips for Creating Virtual Events

12:45PM

Closing

Final remarks from your hosts

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Resource List

01

A Guide to Agile Event Programs that Can Survive Anything

Explore why the most dynamic leaders are building strategies for agile event marketing with a focus on scaling in-person and virtual events that are fast, flexible, and hyper-effective at driving meaningful connections.

Download

02

Crisis Mode: Ideas for Managing Events in Challenging Situations

Learn strategies, experiences and lessons learned from top event marketing leaders who have walked through the fire more than once and lived to talk about it.

Register

03

How to Build a Rock Solid Agile Events Program

The old way of doing event marketing—a large, inflexible investment in a small number of tentpole events—doesn't fit into a business world that demands adaptability and speed.

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