Hunter Milligan

Leading When You Don't Have the Answers

How to stay calm and credible in an AI-accelerated world

3:00 PM MDT

A few months ago you had a decent handle on what your team was building — or you were building it yourself. Knowing things is how you got here, and it still matters. But everything your team touches is moving faster than your ability to fully audit it, and the output is coming faster than anyone can fully evaluate. Some days that's exhilarating. Other days your team looks to you for answers — and you're not sure you're the right person to ask anymore.
This session gives you practical skills to stay functional and credible when the answer isn't there yet — not as a workaround, but as something you can build and rely on. You can use them in the 90 seconds before you walk into a conversation, or in the moment someone asks you something you can't answer yet.

Through real scenarios and honest conversation with the people around you, you'll leave with something steadier than certainty — the ability to lead clearly in the moment, even when the answer comes later.

From Chaos to Chill: Bringing Order to Life Outside of Work

7:30 PM MDT

Does your life feel like non stop motion with never a moment to chill, as if you're always reacting to shifting priorities? You’re not alone, and it’s time to bring your A-game beyond the code. In this groomed talk, you'll learn how to use similar concepts—roadmaps, backlogs, and more—from your professional life in analogous ways to bring order to your everyday life.

Discover how to transform chaos into clarity by prioritizing tasks like a pro, tackling personal goals with laser focus, and making “fire drills” far less frequent. You’ll also learn how to let go—yes, it’s a skill, not just a mindset—and drop some of the mental clutter that keeps you spinning. Through relatable examples, humor, no-nonsense strategies, and real-world letting go practices, you’ll walk away with tools to get your life dialed in, reduce stress, achieve what truly matters—and still have time for a beer with friends. No debugging required!

Who Am I If I'm Not the One Writing the Code?

Making sense of the shift nobody warned you about

9:00 AM MDT

You got into this because you loved building things. With your own hands, your own mind, your own code. There was a craftsman feel to it — wrestling a hard problem to the ground, the satisfaction of elegant code, the identity that came with being the person who could figure it out. That identity took years to build. And here's the part that stings: being technically savvy didn't protect you from this one. If anything, it meant you understood exactly what was happening — and couldn't stop it. In the last few months, quietly and quickly, the ground shifted. You're still here. You're still valuable. But something about how you relate to the work has changed — and nobody's really talking about it.

This session names what's actually happening — because naming it is the first step to working through it. Some in the room are energized by the shift. Others have fear about it. Most are somewhere in between and haven't had a safe place to say so. Through honest conversation with the people around you, you'll start to separate what's actually changing from what's staying true about who you are — and leave with a clearer sense of where you stand, and what to build on, while the ground keeps moving

The Bidirectional 'No': Saying 'No' Right and Taking 'NO' in Stride

11:00 AM MDT

Tired of feeling trapped by too many demands and fearful of hearing—or saying—“no”? This interactive workshop dives deep into the transformative power of “no”—both in confidently asserting boundaries and receiving rejection with resilience. You'll learn how to respectfully say “no” to protect your time, priorities, and integrity while maintaining strong relationships.

On the flip side, you’ll gain tools to handle “no” without spiraling—by actually learning to let go. Letting go is a skill, not a mindset, and in this workshop you’ll practice using it in the moments when pressure builds—when your calendar’s packed, the ask feels unreasonable, or the “no” hits harder than expected. Through real-world scenarios, small group exercises, and practicing letting go techniques, you’ll leave equipped with tools to say and receive “no” effectively.

I Can't Keep Up With AI — And I'm Exhausted Trying

The performance tool you've been dismissing as a wellness hack

10:30 AM MDT

You're leaning in — licenses for everything AI, learning the tools, trying to stay ahead of it. And you're exhausted. Not because you're slow or resistant, but because the pace is genuinely unprecedented. Another mandate from leadership. Another best practice that just got replaced. Another week where the tidal wave moved faster than you did. Some days the leverage feels insane and useful. Other days the harder you push, the worse the returns get — and you can feel it but can't explain why.

This session makes the case — with the neuroscience behind it — that nervous system regulation is not a wellness topic. It's a cognitive performance intervention. The research explains exactly why chronic overload degrades your ability to think clearly, absorb new information, and make good decisions. A short pause to regulate costs you minutes. Pushing through on a stressed brain usually costs you far more time and energy than the pause would have. You'll work through it with the people around you and build it into your existing day before you leave. You'll walk out thinking more clearly than when you came in.