Creative Leaders: The NY Residency

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An immersive experience in New York for creative leaders operating at the highest level

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Starting November 2026

Navigating uncertainty now

Across five days, delegates work through the real challenges shaping their leadership right now: navigating AI and human creativity, translating creative vision into commercial strategy, and building the influence at every level of the business.

Small cohort learning

Designed for creative leaders operating at or approaching the C-suite: CMOs, CCOs, Chief Design Officers, Heads of Brand, founders of creative businesses, and fractional creative leaders.

Build what's next

Leave with clarity on your own leadership, tools you can use the moment you're back in the room, and a cohort of peers who stay with you long after the week ends. Uncertainty as a discipline. Judgement as an edge. Creativity reclaimed as enterprise value.

Join the cohort

Register now and be the first to know when applications open.

Join the cohort

Register now and be the first to know when applications open.

Made for this moment

The best creative leaders in the world are operating in conditions that didn't exist five years ago. AI is rewriting what creativity means. Business models are fracturing. CMO tenure in the US is at an all-time low. The pressure to prove that creative thinking drives commercial outcomes has never been greater.

Most leadership programs weren't built for this level of uncertainty, and none of them were built specifically for the creative leaders who have to navigate it.

Built in collaboration with SYPartners, who bring decades of executive leadership expertise, this has been developed with a deep understanding of what it takes for creative thinking to drive real transformation at the top.

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Key Information

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Pre-Program 2026

Oct 2026
Virtual: Cohort Introductions, Leadership Challenge Framing, Setting Expectations.
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Program Week 2026

Nov 2026
Welcome & Your Now: Cohort arrive from the afternoon
Nov 2026
3 full days: workshops, tours, keynotes
Nov 2026
Your Next: Final in-person morning and intention setting
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Delegate Presentations 2027

Jan 2027
Virtual: Cohort present their leadership plan and accountability.