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Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM EST
What happens when you combine curiosity, characters, and cross-functional collaboration? You get Mastermind: A group coaching experience that helps people ask better questions, connect across silos, and lead with inclusivity.
In this session, an internal leader and external partner share how they co-created and scaled a character-driven coaching program inside a dynamic organization. Built on the âCuriosity Cast,â Mastermind uses fictional personas to spark new ways of thinking, learning, and leading.
You'll hear how the program integrated into systems like manager toolkits and ERGs, was piloted modularly to meet teams where they are, and came to life through workshops that created buzz and momentum. Most of all, weâll explore how internal-external partnerships can drive culture changeâone curious question at a time.
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Audience
â Coaches new to group coaching
â Coaches with some experience group coaching
â Coaches with advanced group coaching skills
â Coaches internal to an organization
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Key Takeaways
âď¸ Design simple, scalable group coaching experiences that center curiosity and community.
âď¸ Experiment with characters and play to shift mindset and behavior in safe, creative ways.
âď¸ Partner across internal and external lines to embed programs into organizational ecosystems for lasting impact.
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Amy Paro, CPCC
Founder, Vivancy
Amy Paro is a leadership strategist, facilitator, and coach who designs transformational experiences that are as impactful as they are joyful. With a unique blend of strategic thinking, creative play, and deep listening, she creates spaces where people feel safe enough to be real and bold enough to grow. Her work helps individuals and teams ask better questions, embrace curiosity as a leadership skill, and build authentic connections across silos and systems.
She is the founder of VIVANCY, a coaching and consulting practice focused on helping people move from âfaux-nectionâ to real connection, and from autopilot to intentional action. Whether leading executive offsites, designing team workshops, or developing group coaching programs, sheâs known for infusing energy, insight, and unexpected delight into the learning journey.
Her mission? To help people think deeply, lead courageously, and have a damn good time doing it.
Anastacia Awad
Head of DEI for BR&D, Novartis
Anastacia leads DEI in Research & Development at Novartis, ensuring inclusive innovation and equitable access for diverse patient populations worldwide. With 13 years at Novartis, she brings a scientific lens to embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion into decision-making, leadership, and strategy. Her work spans scientific engagement, talent equity, external partnerships, and employee networksâall in service of more inclusive science.
A recognized thought leader at the intersection of DEI and drug discovery, Anastacia was honored in 2021 as a Rising Star by the Healthcare Businesswomenâs Association. She shares insights through interviews, writing, board service, and speaking engagements.
Anastacia holds a BS in Biology from Florida A&M University and a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her postdoctoral research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center focused on molecular networks in primary brain tumors.
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