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Domination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHON

Richard Teachout
Richard Teachout CTO at Ashley Furniture Industries - Executive Tech Leader, Entrepreneur, AI leader, Architect, Problem Solver, Ex-Developer. August 6, 2026
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Domination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHON
350 leaders · 60 days of AI · One room Leadership + AI Hackathon

This year we brought 350 of our leaders together. Not for a kickoff. For something better.

For the last 60 days, we've been teaching them AI — and this week, we turned all of that learning into real, practical applications, in person. We also had John Maxwell in to speak.

The Week

It was an incredible week of learning — and of figuring out, as a company, how we're going to implement AI across the org. Not as a tool rollout. As a change in how we work.

What Became Clear

One thing became immediately clear: the technology is easy. The people and the business process have to change too. That's the part that doesn't show up in any demo — and it's the part that decides whether any of this actually works.

Domination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHONDomination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHON
Domination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHONDomination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHON
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Domination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHONDomination — A leadership gathering AND AI HACKATHON
Go deeper

Some of these highlights go deeper in Don't Automate the Org Chart — read the full argument.

I'm excited for the future.

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