AI in Action Series: AI Foundations Workshop 2 featuring Helen Lee Kupp MBA ‘15, Co-Founder of Wom
Scaling with AI as a Leader: Build Systems That Multiply Your Impact
One-off AI wins are useful. Repeatable systems are transformative. In this follow-up session, we take your best use cases from Workshop 1 and turn them into durable, shareable tools your team can run with—no more reinventing the wheel every time you need a smart first draft or a decision framework.
You'll learn how top executives are building custom AI assistants tailored to their communication style, decision-making process, and team needs. We'll workshop one of your highest-leverage use cases together and turn it into something you—and your team—can refine and reuse indefinitely.
Ideal for execs and operators who want a repeatable system, not one-off prompt magic.
What you'll walk away with:
- Real examples of executive-grade custom GPTs in action (comms planning, strategic decision support, meeting prep and follow-through)
- Your own custom AI assistant/chatbot, built live in the session around a use case you choose (we'll help you pick the highest ROI option)
- A repeatable process for turning ad-hoc prompts into polished, team-ready tools—so your best thinking scales beyond you
This isn't theory. It's practice. Come ready to build, test, and leave with tools that work.
This event is a collaboration among the following organizations: Harvard Business School Association of Northern California (HBSANC) and HBS Women's Association (HBSWA).
Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT
Location: Virtual
**Webinar Zoom instructions will be emailed prior to the event start time. The email will contain an additional Zoom registration step that must be completed in advance of the event start time to receive the meeting access link.
**Registration closes on Thursday, January 29 at 12pm PT
Tickets:
HCSF Members: Free
Non Members: $20
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**Speaker instructions on recommended platforms/subscription levels, if applicable.
Recommend either a ChatGPT plus license or Claude pro license for the workshop. You can use free versions of either for Workshop 1, but will need a paid license for Workshop 2 when building an assistant.
Questions:
Contact Sasha Grinshpun, event host, at sasha@catapultcircles.com and cc: Sangita Shah, at info@hbsanc.org.
Helen Lee Kupp (MBA ‘15), Speaker/Instructor
Helen Lee Kupp is the co-founder and creator of Women Defining AI, a community of female leaders tackling the biggest topics of understanding today's generative AI widespread adoption through experimentation, support, and community learning. She takes a practical approach towards helping leaders navigate the biggest changes in work — both from AI/technology, and the flexible/hybrid work revolution.
Helen is also an experienced strategy & operations leader who has helped companies across all stages of growth launch new teams, products, and services. In her former role leading Strategy & Analytics at Slack, she shepherded Slack through the company’s growth from a $75M ARR (primarily credit card self-service product across small teams) to over $1B in enterprise ARR through directly managing launches like the enterprise product & entering international markets. As the co-founder of Future Forum, she combined both data and her own operating experience to advise and coach F500 executives on redesigning work.
She is the co-author of WSJ Bestselling book “How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives”. Helen brings a unique perspective to how we'll operate in the future by bridging the human component of flexible working alongside the technology component of artificial intelligence creating even greater opportunities to "think & work differently" in a way that benefits more people.
She believes in closing the gender technology gap - starting with women at work - to create a future of work that looks and feels fundamentally different for her three kids and the women she mentors. We can and should do better.
Get in touch with Helen:
Sasha Grinshpun (MBA ‘02), Host
Sasha Grinshpun (MBA 02) is a master executive coach and career strategist and facilitator with 15+ years of experience. Her eclectic background spanning IDEO/design thinking, consulting, and entrepreneurial ventures puts her in a unique position to have the conversation around, "What do you really want?!"
Sasha combines her gift for quickly gauging strengths, constraints, and aspirations of clients with her experience in navigating life's inflection points. She helps exceptional people craft their own definition of success and confidently make their next move.
In addition to coaching individuals and teams, Sasha has facilitated interactive talks with diverse audiences thinking strategically about doing good work in the context of an authentic life, as well as design thinking, high-impact communication, getting unstuck, executive presence, diversity/inclusion, the multi-generational workforce, work-life management, and authentic networking.