Breakfast roundtable: putting people at the heart of AI transformation
Frank Dias
Howard Krais
Ann-Marie Blake
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Event details
Please join us for a morning of peer networking and inspiring conversation over breakfast on Wednesday 2nd July at Soho House 180 Strand, London.
Sponsored by Simpplr, our theme is how we can put people at the heart of our AI transformation. Ann-Marie Blake and Howard Krais from True Communications will be joined by Frank Dias, Founder of AI x Comms Lab and former Comms AI Lead at the Adecco Group.
Frank will share some practical insights from the frontline of AI adoption. Together, we’ll explore how internal comms and IT can work in partnership to deliver successful people-centred AI transformation.
This roundtable is designed for in-house communications professionals and places are limited so please reserve your spot today.
About the presenters
Frank Dias
Frank Dias, People+Comms+AI Chief Architect, founder of Ai x Comms Lab, a practitioner consultancy helping comms teams redesign their work with AI, upskill and build confidence with structure towards a destination. Frank’s a seasoned multi-industry global employee communications specialist. He was recently the Adecco Group's Comms Lead for their AI transformation programme.
Howard Krais
Howard co-founded True with partner Ann-Marie Blake in early 2023.
True was set up with the principle of helping organisations take a people-centred approach to change. This means delivering change with employees rather than to them, recognising the power that comes from truly connected employees.
Before True, Howard worked in senior global change, communications and engagement roles at businesses including NatWest, Eversheds, Ernst & Young, GSK and latterly Johnson Matthey.
In recent years Howard has become known for his ground-breaking work focused on how organisations listen to their employees. Following the publication of four reports, this work culminated in the publication of a book entitled “Leading the Listening Organisation”, in December 2023.
Howard’s impact on the communications world was recognised as he was awarded Fellowship of both the Institute for Internal Communications and the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence in 2025.
Howard is a speaker in demand at a range of global events and podcasts. He was also President of the UK chapter of International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) (2019-21), and Chairman of Wealdstone Football Club (2007-16).
Ann-Marie Blake
After a career in senior in house roles in major global organisations, Ann-Marie Blake co-founded True Communications in Feb 2023, an agency set up to help companies deliver change with their people rather than to them.
Her impact on the communications world has been recognised with Fellowships of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Centre for Strategic Communications Excellence
Ann-Marie is a Chartered PR Practitioner. She is a founder Board Member for PRCA Race and Ethnicity Equity Board (REEB). She is a winner of the 2025 Independent Impact 50 awards which celebrate the UK’s most influential independent practitioners in PR