This 90-minute online panel with workshop character explores how human connection and cultural bridge-building can serve as powerful responses to the challenges posed by AI. As artificial intelligence reshapes our work and interactions, the ability to lead with empathy, awareness, and intercultural sensitivity becomes increasingly important.
We will discuss our evolving role and responsibility as humans, creatives and leaders, the importance of connection across cultural and professional boundaries, and the value of co-creation. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their role as bridge-builders and their potential to foster meaningful collaboration in an age of accelerated change.
Lecturers:
– Mona Mijthab, Social Entrepreneur and Lecturer in MAS Strategic Design (ZHdK)
– Steffi Neumann, Lecturer for Leadership and Coaching, Institute of Applied Psychology (ZHAW)
Guest:
Sher Vogel, former Global Trainings Manager at MIT D-Lab, an expert in international affairs, global connector and trainer who has worked in 30+ countries. Focus: organizational and leadership development.
Date/Time:
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 18.00 – 19.30 h
Venue:
Online via Zoom
Target audience:
Creative professionals, designers, artists, professionals and managers from all fields interested in fostering meaningful collaboration across cultural and professional boundaries.
Note:
Participation is free of charge, registration is required.
Registration possible from 5 January 2026 «here»
The exchange with the guest speaker will be held in English. This online panel is a cooperation with the ZHdK International Affairs Office.
Guest Speaker BIO
Sher Vogel is a global facilitator and trainer with two decades of experience that spans across more than 30 countries in Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. As Founder and Consultant of SRV Global, she specializes in co-creation, strengthening cross-cultural teams, and helping global organizations convert unproductive meetings into forward-moving sessions. She mentors clients and executive leaders on navigating complex team dynamics, improving time management strategies, addressing imposter syndrome, and transforming dull processes to joy-filled journeys that enable more effective scaling. Her expertise ranges from community-based workshops to C-suite boardrooms, with a proven track record of building cohesive teams, strengthening leadership confidence, fostering innovation ecosystems across cultures, and developing sustainable solutions that create measurable systemic change.
Throughout her career, Sher has delivered exceptional results at scale. As Global Trainings Manager at MIT D-Lab, she oversaw 17 multi-disciplinary International Development Design Summits across 10 countries, training over 1,000 participants from 70 nations and producing more than 300 new technologies and small businesses that reached over 500,000 people. In her role as Adult Learning and Facilitation Specialist with Training Resources Group, she strategically designed and facilitated flagship executive education programs that connected and upskilled 232 executive leaders from 15 USAID Country Missions and 4 U.S. Embassies under a $42 million award. Her work has included partnerships with leaders from MIT, Harvard, USAID, the U.S. State Department and dozens of multinational corporations, national governments, universities, and community based organizations.
In her spare time, she enjoys exploring outdoors, gardening, supporting refugee and immigrant resettlement efforts, and learning about the escalating functions of AI and guardrails needed to be a more effective tool for all. She believes in compassionate leadership, innovative facilitation techniques, and the power of diverse perspectives to solve our most complex global challenges.