Rocky Ozaki

Vistage Speaker | Founder & CEO - NoW of Work Inc. | TEC Canada Speaker

Rocky is the Founder and CEO of the NoW of Work, a business transformation firm dedicated to building naturally innovative and agile teams that can thrive in exponential times. He combines more than a decade of senior leadership experience in the corporate world with ten years in startup technology, shaping what he believes is the essential cultural and operational DNA required for modern companies to remain relevant and competitive. In recent years, Rocky and his team have delivered AI strategy, training, and coaching to hundreds of AI Champions and organizations across every sector in North America. Prior to founding the NoW of Work in 2016, he served as Vice President and Head of Corporate Innovation at the BC Tech Association. Rocky is also a three-time tech startup founder, with one successful exit.

Rocky Ozaki

Vistage Speaker | Founder & CEO - NoW of Work Inc. | TEC Canada Speaker

Rocky is the Founder and CEO of the NoW of Work, a business transformation firm dedicated to building naturally innovative and agile teams that can thrive in exponential times. He combines more than a decade of senior leadership experience in the corporate world with ten years in startup technology, shaping what he believes is the essential cultural and operational DNA required for modern companies to remain relevant and competitive. In recent years, Rocky and his team have delivered AI strategy, training, and coaching to hundreds of AI Champions and organizations across every sector in North America. Prior to founding the NoW of Work in 2016, he served as Vice President and Head of Corporate Innovation at the BC Tech Association. Rocky is also a three-time tech startup founder, with one successful exit.

Rocky’s Topics

Anchored on data and insights from training hundreds of “AI Champions” from across North America, Rocky will share the most common pitfalls organizations face in adopting AI. These include: poor organizational “AI readiness”; leadership focusing on shiny object AI solutions versus starting with “problems to solve”; and lacking a framework to measure ROI on AI investments. You’ll also learn about FOBO (fear of becoming obsolete) the energy and environmental impacts of AI, the global AI race, and how these macro issues are tied to how organizations adopt AI.
So whether you’re already on the AI journey and something doesn’t feel right, you are not realizing the impact you hoped for, or you’re unsure how to truly adopt AI in a responsible, scalable and value-adding way, this presentation is precisely what you need.