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in the age of AI: The High-Potential Leader's Fast Track to Self-Mastery
The path to effective leadership is no longer a slow climb—it's a sprint. Today's rising managers, supervisors, and high-potential employees, and existing leaders must understand themselves, raise their emotional intelligence, and increase their discernment faster than ever to succeed in an AI-accelerated environment. EPIC 2.0 in the Age of AI program transforms generic training into precision talent development.
Key Program Deliverables
This program is specifically designed to provide your organization with an immediate return on investment by focusing time and energy on high-leverage skills:
Mastery of Self-Awareness
Scientifically validated assessments (DISC, 12 Driving Forces, AI Traveler, and others) ensure customized materials, fast-tracking self-awareness for intentional leadership.
Time Mastery 2.0 with AI
Adopt the Time Mastery 2.0 framework for your exact role to optimize schedules, focus on high-value outcomes, and leverage AI for task delegation and efficiency.
Trust as the Engine of Change
Learn practical techniques for building and maintaining trust across three levels of Conversational Intelligence, reducing internal and organizational drama.
Strategic Communication and Problem Solving
Gain immediate practical communication and application skills using the updated VIPEi Framework (Vision, Ideation, Planning, Execution, Iteration) to restore team adaptability and accelerate insights and use it for your, specific, problem or project.
Learning How to Learn in the Age of AI
Develop a co-thinking mindset, using AI not just for speed, but for clarity and strategic partnership, mastering high-impact prompts. Utilize tools and frameworks to understand and communicate with others more effectively and collaborate with better outcomes.
Self-Mastery Leadership Challenge chosen by each participant that ensures application of the EPIC 2.0 learning experiences. Participation during sessions in 3-4 person Thinking Pods to practice what they are learning and ways to apply it immediately.
EPIC 2.0
Why This Program, Why Now
The path to effective leadership is no longer a slow climb—it's a sprint. Today's rising managers, supervisors, and high-potential employees, and existing leaders must understand themselves, raise their emotional intelligence, and increase their discernment faster than ever to succeed in an AI-accelerated environment. EPIC 2.0 Age of AI program transforms generic training into precision talent development.
Leaders are currently wrestling with the twin burdens of low-value interactions and "work-slop" (ineffective work product resulting from poor AI integration and unclear self-management skills) and "drama" (resulting from a lack of self-awareness and self-regulation). Cortex, which is now training hundreds of leaders in both human-centered skills and AI essentials, designed EPIC 2.0 to solve this gap.
EPIC 2.0 is a dynamic 2-day experience that transforms leaders from overwhelmed responders to more agile Co-Creators who seamlessly integrate human judgment with AI-enabled insights.
What you can't get anywhere else
1. High-Performance Acceleration: Experience a two-day transformation that fast-tracks self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and strategic execution—skills leaders usually take years to master.
2. Human + AI Integration: EPIC 2.0 bridges leadership science and AI capability, showing leaders exactly how to reduce “work-slop,” eliminate drama, and lead with clarity in an AI-driven world.
3. Exclusive Leadership Frameworks: Access the Time Mastery 2.0 system, the VIPEi Strategic Problem-Solving Model, and the AI Traveler Assessment—frameworks used by hundreds of high-performing leaders to optimize their teams and decision-making.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the primary purpose of the EPIC 2.0 program?
EPIC 2.0 is a dynamic 2-day experience designed to transform leaders from overwhelmed responders into more agile Co-Creators who seamlessly integrate human judgment with AI-enabled insights. The program aims to transform generic training into precision talent development.
Who is the target audience for the EPIC 2.0 program?
The program is designed for rising managers, supervisors, high-potential employees, and existing leaders.
What specific challenges does EPIC 2.0 address?
The program is designed to solve the gap resulting from leaders dealing with the "twin burdens" of low-value interactions and "work-slop" (ineffective work product due to unclear self-management skills and poor AI integration). It also addresses "drama" that results from a lack of self-awareness and self-regulation.
Key Deliverables and Content
What are the key deliverables of the program?
The program focuses time and energy on high-leverage skills to provide an immediate return on investment (ROI). Key deliverables include:
Mastery of Self-Awareness using scientifically validated assessments.
Time Mastery 2.0 with AI to optimize schedules, focus on high-value outcomes, and leverage AI for task delegation and efficiency.
Developing Trust as the Engine of Change by learning practical techniques for building and maintaining trust across three levels of Conversational Intelligence.
Gaining skills in Strategic Communication and Problem Solving using the updated VIPEi Framework (Vision, Ideation, Planning, Execution, Iteration).
Learning How to Learn in the Age of AI, including developing a co-thinking mindset and mastering high-impact prompts for strategic partnership.
What frameworks and assessments are utilized in the program?
Scientifically validated assessments are used to ensure customized materials, including DISC, 12 Driving Forces, and AI Traveler. The program also teaches the Time Mastery 2.0 framework and the VIPEi Framework.
How is the learning applied and practiced?
Application is ensured through a Self-Mastery Leadership Challenge chosen by each participant. Participants also engage in 3-4 person Thinking Pods during sessions to practice what they are learning and identify ways to apply it immediately.
Logistics and Investment
What is the format and duration of EPIC 2.0?
The program is a dynamic 2-day experience delivered through in-person, live instruction.
What is the cohort size?
The cohort size is limited to 18 spaces to ensure maximum personalization and high-touch facilitation.
When does the program start?
Day 1 begins on December 4, 2025. The cohort will collectively pick the best date for Day 2.
What are the associated investment costs?
As a Special Partnership Offering, the investment varies by membership status:
SRCC Member Rate: $1,100 per participant.
SRCC Member Rate (2+ participants from the same organization): $950 per participant.
Non-Member Rate: $1,250 per participant.
Who are the partners offering this program?
This Special Partnership Offering is provided by the Salem-Roanoke Chamber of Commerce, Cortex Leadership Consulting, and Metis.