Carla Johnson
About Carla Johnson
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The Muse and the Machine: Supercharging Human Creativity in the Age of AI
As AI becomes more powerful and more pervasive, leaders are stuck asking the wrong question: What can AI do instead of us? But the real magic lives in a bolder inquiry: What can we now imagine because of AI?
In this electrifying keynote, Carla Johnson reframes AI not as a threat to human relevance, but as a partner in our deepest creative potential. Drawing from her acclaimed TEDx talk and decades of work with innovation-driven organizations, she shows how the best ideas don’t come from handing our work over to AI. Instead, they come from clearly defining our partnership with AI and identifying the truly human part that only we can own.
This isn’t about using AI to automate the old. It’s about tapping into it to imagine the never-been-done. Through provocative stories, practical hands-on AI demonstrations, and a reawakened sense of possibility, Carla equips audiences to reclaim our creativity as a strategic advantage. And to see AI not as a replacement, but as a reverent reminder of what makes us beautifully human.
Audience Takeaways...
- Reframe AI as your team’s ultimate thought partner. One that amplifies curiosity instead of replacing it.
- Learn how leading organizations are unlocking breakthrough thinking by pairing AI tools with human intuition, imagination, and inquiry.
- Walk away with a roadmap for cultivating a culture of creative confidence, where AI accelerates your team’s ability to dream, disrupt, and deliver.
Ideal For...
- Crafting a mindset shift on AI: from resistance to reverence, from fear to fuel.
- Readying teams to innovate beyond automation and using AI to spark bold, original thinking.
- Seeing how to balance the power of tech with the irreplaceable magic of human thought.
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Books by Carla Johnson
“RE:Think Innovation” (2021)
RE: Think Innovation makes coming up with great ideas everybody's business.People think innovation isn't sustainable, so they make it much harder than it has to be. Experts portray it as confusing and complicated so they can charge big fees. Executives make it intimidating and complex, so they appear smarter and important. Traditional innovators imply you need a special degree or training to know how to do it right. The truth is, consistently coming up with great ideas isn't a talent one is born with or a skill that takes years to learn. It's actually a simple 5-step framework that anyone can follow to look at the work that they do differently, and have a bigger impact on the people they serve.RE: Think Innovation answers the question of how to tie individual competence with innovation techniques to direct corporate outcomes. Within its pages, Carla Johnson shows how to create a unified, idea-driven employee base that delivers more ideas in a shorter amount of time. Ultimately, this is the path that makes organizations genuinely nimble, passionate, innovative powerhouses that deliver extraordinary outcomes for sustained periods of time.
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