MBA Leadership Day

This event is for Ivey MBA students and is not open to the public.

On June 22, the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership will host its annual Ivey MBA Leadership Day – a day dedicated to the development of our students as leaders. The MBA class will have the opportunity to have a first-hand look at the development of good leadership and leader character from keynote addresses and an Invictus workshop.

Agenda:

My Last Name is Fear . . . Let's Talk About It

Lilah Fear, Ice Dance Champion, Great Britain

In this aptly-named keynote, Lilah Fear dives into the power of using fear as a cue to meet life's endeavours with courage. Driven from a young age by the quote "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway", Lilah talks about her experience as a 2-time Olympic ice dancer and how courage has equipped her to perform centre-stage with the world watching. Following an Olympic heartbreak in Milan 2026, Lilah was forced to acknowledge the gap between where she was and where she wanted to be, and designed a new approach that would unlock her potential, using fear as a different kind of fuel. Today, she is sharing with you the golden lesson that she found in this Olympic grief. Lilah will empower you to make the change that you know you need to make, for real this time, with fear as your friend.

Lilah Fear is a 2-time Olympian, World Bronze Medalist and 8-Time British National Ice Dance Champion. Raised in England and representing Great Britain, Lilah and her skating partner, Lewis, train in Montreal, where she is also pursuing her Bachelor's in Psychology at McGill University. Lilah is bold in her curiosity and an avid student of life. She is passionate about combining her academics and athletics, and applies her psychology lessons to herself in real-time as she competes worldwide. Lilah has witnessed in her own career the incredible power of potential that, when paired with curiosity, courage, and commitment, make a remarkable combination. Off of the ice, Lilah loves to read, write, explore the world via coffee shops and restaurants, and then recommend said restaurants to anybody who asks.

Own the Future: Embracing the Greatest Transformation in Human History

Candice Faktor, HBA '00, Co-Founder and CEO, Disco

We are living through the most significant transformation in human history. And for the next generation of leaders, the question isn't whether AI will change the game. It's whether you'll be ready to lead when it does.

Drawing on her own lived experience leading organizations through disruption, Candice Faktor will challenge us to see this moment differently. Her focus is on the skills and capabilities young leaders need to not just survive, but truly thrive in an AI-first world. Rooted in timeless wisdom rather than trending tools, her message is one of hope and resilience. Come ready to think differently about the future and your place in shaping it.

Candice Faktor is Co-Founder and CEO of Disco, a venture-backed, human-first, AI-native learning platform helping hundreds of leading organizations build learning programs that deliver real human transformation. She previously helped scale Wattpad to over 120 million users before its acquisition for nearly $1 billion.

An Ivey grad and immigrant to Canada, Candice began her career in management consulting at Monitor Deloitte, then helped build the corporate venture and innovation arm of Canada's largest media company, before founding her own innovation advisory firm focused on disruptive innovation. She is an Ivey AI Fellow, a founding member of Build Canada, and an advisor to Shift Canada and XPrize. She serves as Venture Partner at Lobby Capital, a Series A AI fund based in Silicon Valley, and has served on the boards of two AI companies, Coveo and DreamBox Learning.

She writes on the future of work and AI for Forbes and Fast Company, and speaks worldwide on how to build AI fluency in organizations and the skills needed to thrive in the age of AI. As a mother of two teenagers, she is deeply invested in creating the future we want – using AI for good and unlocking human potential for the next generation.