An atelier for leaders with something to say.

Art Kleiner is an educator, writer, and editor focused on human, organizational, and machine learning. Co-author of The AI Dilemma and faculty at NYU Tisch's Interactive Media Arts program, he formerly served as editor-in-chief of strategy+business, editorial director of the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series, and editor at the Whole Earth Catalog. His books include The Age of Heretics and Who Really Matters? As a consulting editor, he works with leading business and management thinkers.

Che Marville spent seven years as senior vice president for employee engagement at Origin Active Living, and four years as senior advisor for employee engagement at UHN and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. She was senior vice president at Performance Art, an advertising agency within McCann Worldgroup, and for many years executive director of the Children's Media Museum, inspired by Marshall McLuhan. She was the first social science researcher at the Science Centre dedicated to the relationship between science and culture, race, and gender, and she has worked with First Nations communities. She is an advisor to people making their way in organizations that don't fully recognize them.

Luna (Yuxin) Chen is a creative technologist specializing in multimedia systems, emerging technology, and digital production. Holding a master’s from NYU Tisch’s ITP, she founded the Human-AI Studio and served as Tisch GSO Senator, orchestrating cross-disciplinary partnerships and NYC-wide events with industry leaders like Runway AI. An entrepreneur and proactive community builder, her practice merges advanced technical workflows with strategic, high-impact initiatives to drive ethical innovation and human-centered collaboration.

Althea Xiu specializes in branding, UX/UI, and merchandise design, building end-to-end digital products from zero to one across tech, nonprofits, and traditional businesses. Deeply guided by empathy, she focuses on bridging authentic human connections between evolving brands and their communities. Her diverse design background spans high-impact work with major tech and venture leaders, including OpenText, JD.com, Starboard Ventures, Parasail Network, Aurora Infra, and SHIMA Travel Tours.