Bevel ON Association and Marriott International continue their partnership for Social Sustainability, Leadership Development, and the Future of Work through the CHANGE Conference Series
This week, leaders from business, AI innovation, sustainability, hospitality, healthcare, consulting, technology, HR, leadership development, and social impact sectors gathered at Marriott Zurich for another edition of CHANGE — Bevel ON Association’s cross-sector platform dedicated to human-centred leadership, workforce transformation, and the future of work. Hosted under the theme “AI + Humans: Designing the Future Together,” the conference explored one of the most urgent leadership and organisational development challenges of our time: How do we ensure technological progress strengthens organisations while keeping people, trust, inclusion, wellbeing, and long-term social sustainability at the centre?
The event was made possible thanks to the ongoing partnership between Bevel ON Association and Marriott Zurich, supported through Marriott International’s “360 Serve — Doing Good in Every Direction” initiative, which promotes meaningful community engagement, responsible business practices, sustainability, and positive local impact. For Bevel ON Association, the collaboration reflects a shared belief that social sustainability, responsible leadership, and inclusive workforce transformation are built through dialogue, partnerships, leadership education, and spaces where people from different industries can openly discuss the future of leadership, AI adoption, workplace culture, employee wellbeing, and human resilience in times of rapid change.
“CHANGE was created from one important realization: we cannot speak about sustainability without speaking about people,” said Inna Malaia, Managing Director of Bevel ON Association, leadership development consultant, keynote speaker, and creator of the CHANGE platform for social sustainability.
“As AI, digital transformation, and workforce disruption continue reshaping organisations globally, we believe leaders have both an opportunity and a responsibility to approach transformation in a more human-centred way. We are deeply grateful to Marriott Zurich for continuously supporting these conversations and helping us create spaces where communities, companies, innovators, and leaders can come together around meaningful social impact.”
The first panel discussion, “Human-Centred AI as a Leadership Responsibility,” moderated by Tanja Collavo from Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, featured Liza Engel from Deloitte and Dave Drodge from Roche. The discussion explored how organisations can balance AI innovation, operational efficiency, leadership accountability, workforce resilience, inclusion, and employee wellbeing while navigating digital transformation.
The second panel discussion expanded the conversation further into the practical realities of workforce transformation and AI adoption, exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping organisational structures, operations, leadership models, employee skills, and decision-making — while raising critical questions around human value, accountability, future skills, ethical AI, and social sustainability.
Moderated by Inna Malaia, the panel brought together Milo Honegger from Oracle, Antonio Trifilo from Cisco, and Patricia Ferreiro, AI & Data Expert from Databricks, for a highly dynamic discussion on the future relationship between humans and intelligent systems inside organisations.
One of the strongest messages emerging throughout the evening was clear: AI transformation is not only a technological challenge. It is a leadership, workforce, organisational culture, and human adaptation challenge.
The CHANGE conference series itself has evolved significantly over the past year, reflecting some of the most pressing conversations around workforce inclusion, leadership transformation, future skills, and social sustainability in Switzerland. The Geneva edition — supported by Marriott Geneva and General Manager Pierre-Henri Perrin — focused on inclusive hiring, workforce integration, and career reinvention, reflecting Bevel ON Association’s origins in supporting displaced professionals, expatriated family members, and international talent rebuilding their careers and lives in Switzerland.
In Basel Marriott, together with General Manager Angela Lilienthal, the discussion expanded toward social impact partnerships, workplace wellbeing, organisational pressure, burnout, and the growing human challenges inside modern workplaces.
Now in Zurich, together with Director of Sales William Schupp and with the support of General Manager Daniel Lehmann, the conversation evolved further into the intersection of AI, leadership development, digital transformation, organisational culture, and workforce transformation — demonstrating how deeply connected technological progress and human sustainability have become.
Through collaborations with organisations like Bevel ON Association, Marriott International continues contributing to local ecosystems that encourage inclusion, learning, leadership dialogue, community engagement, workforce empowerment, and social responsibility beyond traditional business activities.
The organisations that will thrive in the future will not necessarily be those adopting AI the fastest — but those capable of combining technological innovation with human trust, adaptability, inclusive leadership, emotional intelligence, and responsible organisational culture. Bevel ON Association will continue the CHANGE conference series in Geneva this September with a new edition dedicated to women in leadership, inclusive workplaces, female empowerment, and the future of human-centred leadership.
Because the future of work should not only be innovative. It should also remain deeply human.
