Subject: Heading Into 2026? There’s One Question Every Leader Must Ask

Every year around this time, leaders start asking the same questions:


“What needs to change next year?”
“Why didn’t we hit the targets we ‘should’ have?”
“How do we get our team fully aligned before Q1?”


While those questions are great to reflect, what’s missing is the shared understanding. Was everyone on the same page?


Next Tuesday, November 18th, I’m releasing a new video that dives deeper into this conversation — You’ll be able to watch it when it goes live on:

Because the leaders who thrive next year won’t be the ones with the loudest vision…
but the ones with the clearest, shared one


P.S. If there's a CEO, founder, or senior leader in your circle who’s already feeling the weight of 2026 planning, feel free to forward this. Sometimes one conversation at the right moment can change the entire trajectory of a team.

As AI investment ramps up, many executive teams are discovering that technology adoption is easy to fund — but hard to humanize.


Mid-market leaders are under pressure to deliver real AI impact before Q1 2026 — yet few are addressing the human and behavioral risks that quietly derail adoption.


Check out this recent article from Tech Monitor citing 63% of leaders feel unprepared and running into readiness gaps - https://www.techmonitor.ai/digital-economy/ai-and-automation/91-middle-market-firms-embrace-ai-readiness-gaps-persist?utm_source=chatgpt.com  


We’re inviting senior-level executives to a peer-to-peer dicussion on Thursday, December 12th at 11 AM ET. This is an invitation-only Executive Forum designed exclusively for CEOs, CFOs, and CISOs preparing their 2026 strategy season.


We’ll explore how to align human behavior, trust, and conative instincts with AI strategy — so adoption drives measurable business results.


Featuring:

  • Clyde Calhoun, CEO, Root Idea

  • Alicia Couri, Founder/CEO, Audacious Concepts Inc. 

➡️ Apply for your seat now or share with an exec you believe should be in this conversation — limited to 12 executives.

And as always if you miss the episode, you can catch it our YouTube Channel so make sure you’re subscribed - Youtube.com/@aliciacouri