Strategy and Integrity in an AI World That Rewards Neither
A 2-hour working session for faith-driven leaders and pastors learning to lead with both — shrewd as serpents, innocent as doves.
Reserve Your Seat →40 seats max. Intimate room. Real conversation.
The world rewards pure cunning. It calls that winning.
The church rewards pure innocence. It calls that being a good person.
Jesus refused the choice. "Be shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves." Both, at full strength, in the same leader.
AI doesn't make this easier. It rewards output, not the path you took to get there.
What This Workshop Answers
How do you stay strategic without becoming the kind of person you were trying not to be?
How do you stay principled in an environment where principles look like a competitive disadvantage?
What does "shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves" actually look like in a 2026 business or ministry?
The Experience
Dr. Chris McAlister leads a working session on holding strategy and integrity at the same time, drawing from Jesus' instruction to his disciples.
Guided small-group discussions where you process what you're hearing with other leaders in the room.
Leave with something concrete you can bring back to your organization the same week.
Stick around afterward for the conversations that only happen after the formal agenda ends.
40 leaders discussing the questions that matter.
Your Guides
Dr. Chris McAlister
Founder, SightShift
Chris guides ambitious, faith-driven leaders out of the leadership wilderness, the tense place where big challenges collide with deep convictions. His clients, from Fortune 100 executives to serial entrepreneurs to managing partners, have traced millions in measurable ROI to SightShift's identity and culture work. Chris is the author of eleven books, has coached and spoken to leaders across six countries, and has delivered engagements for organizations including Disney, Nationwide, and JPMorgan Chase.
Chris Orecchio
Area Chair, C12 Columbus
Chris brings over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience building, buying, and selling companies across healthcare, restaurants, and collision repair. Through successes and setbacks, he learned what it truly takes to lead people and build organizations around a common purpose. That calling led him to C12, where he now serves leaders pursuing great businesses for a greater purpose, built on eternal values and lived out in real-world decisions.
Before You Register
This Is For You If
✓ You lead an organization or have direct culture responsibility
✓ You sense your team has more in them and the problem isn't effort
✓ Your faith shapes the kind of leader you're trying to become — even when it costs you
✓ You want to build something that lasts, not just something that performs
Not For You If
✕ You want a tech tutorial or productivity playbook
✕ You want to win at all costs with no regard for people
✕ You believe faith and strategy belong in separate rooms
Know a leader who needs to be in this room? Bring them. The conversation is better when your team tackles these questions together.
From The Last Event
"You put the pulse on the heart of what we need to continue to build as AI is involved in our lives."
"I loved the discussion and the free-flowing presentation."
"The program was really good."
July 15 · 2-4 pm
The Summit Outdoors · Columbus, OH
$100
Register Now →40 seats. Once they're gone, they're gone.