INFUSION
Invite Only · Charlotte

INFUSION

Is your AI investment changing how your business works?

Move fast where you can. Build deeply where it matters.

A few people getting great results with AI is a start. Getting that value across the whole business is a different challenge. Join a small group of Charlotte executives for an evening of bourbon and honest conversation about where AI is paying off, and where it isn't yet.

I'm In → Limited seating
Why This Room

You don't needanother AI briefing.

Peers, not presentations

Executives comparing notes. No keynote.

No slides, no sales pitch

A guided tasting and a good question.

Off the record

What's said at the table stays there.

You won't leave with another list of AI trends.

You'll leave with a clearer view of where your organization should move fast, where it should build deliberately, and where AI can create the most leverage for your people.

You need a straight answer to the question your board is already asking: what has AI actually changed?

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Most leadership teams have AI in the building. Licenses, pilots, a few people doing impressive things. What's harder is getting that value across departments, systems and decision rights. That's rarely a technology problem. It's how the organization is set up around it.

INFUSION is for executives whose AI wins haven't spread across the business yet. A small room of peers working through the same question, off the record.

Uptown Charlotte skyline at night
Charlotte, NC

The Evening

Experience the strategy instead of sitting through another presentation.

1320 South Church Street Unit 400, Charlotte, NC 28203

Photo: Wes Hicks / Unsplash
Compounding Intelligence

Move fast. Build deep.Compound the value of both.

Some AI pays off the day you put it in people's hands. Some only pays off once it understands your business. Most companies need both, and the real advantage comes when what one team learns makes the next team better.

The tasting drives the conversation. Each pour shows a different way flavor is built, and each one opens a question worth comparing notes on.

01
Quick Flash

Move fast where you can.

See the question +
Quick Flash

An infusion that transforms the spirit in minutes. Like the AI that creates leverage right now.

Where has AI changed the result, not just the speed of a task?

02
Barrel Aging

Build deeply where it matters.

See the question +
Barrel Aging

Time and context change everything. Like AI that has to understand your business before it earns trust.

What do your most experienced people know that your systems don't?

03
The Blend

Compound the value of both.

See the question +
The Blend

Different elements, one result. Like people and AI working together so one team's breakthrough helps the next.

When one team finds something that works, how does the rest of the company benefit?

04
The Finish

Leave clearer than you arrived.

See the question +
The Finish

Back to what matters: the outcome you'd stand behind in front of your board.

Six months from now, what would need to be different to call this worthwhile?

Oaklore Distilling Story Series Old Fashioned Cask Finish bourbon
The Pour

Guided by people who build flavor for a living.

A guided bourbon tasting and infusion experience, exploring how balance, ingredients, and context can completely change the outcome. Taste. Experiment. Discover what changes the experience.

Coming soon the INFUSION event menu

Guiding the experience

Jack Shute

Vice President, Oaklore Distilling

2026 ASCOT Award-Winning Bourbon

Guiding the experience

Saturn Bird

Mixologist, Lincoln Street Kitchen

Axios-Featured "Top Charlotte Mixologist" Bar

Different elements. Different context. A different experience.

Conversation Cards

Which one are you?

Before the last pour, every leader picks the card their organization needs most and tells the room why. Then you take one next step back to your team.

01

Move Fast

Conversation Card

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01 · Move Fast

We need more focused experimentation.

Which one are you, and why?

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Build Deep

Conversation Card

02

02 · Build Deep

We need better knowledge, systems and governance underneath.

Which one are you, and why?

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Amplify People

Conversation Card

03

03 · Amplify People

We need AI to create more capacity for our teams.

Which one are you, and why?

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Prove Value

Conversation Card

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04 · Prove Value

We need clearer outcomes and evidence.

Which one are you, and why?

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Hover or tap a card to flip it.

The Table

The people leadingthe conversation.

Elevate Digital leaders and invited voices who help companies take AI from a few good results to real business value. They're there to start the conversation, not to present at you.

AMAdam Morgan

Adam Morgan

CEO

Elevate Digital

KEKyle Eddins

Kyle Eddins

SVP, Innovation

Elevate Digital

JHJeremy Hoogsteen

Jeremy Hoogsteen

VP, Client Engagement

Elevate Digital

LMLara Michaud

Lara Michaud

VP, Marketing

Elevate Digital

KSKristi Straw

Kristi Straw

Featured Voice

Experiential Leadership Strategist, Lighthouse Leadership Consultants

The Charlotte venue for INFUSION
The Green Room

An intimate settingin Charlotte.

A relaxed, design-forward space built for real conversation, close enough that every voice at the table is heard. The exact address is shared with confirmed guests ahead of the evening.

Your Questions. Your Perspective.

This conversation is built with you.Not before you arrive.

When you register, you'll see one optional question: what's one business challenge you'd welcome a fresh perspective on? A sentence is plenty. No preparation needed.

We use what guests share to shape the evening. We'll never name you or share your challenge without asking first.

Step 01 · Register

Claim your seat and share one challenge, if you'd like.

Step 02 · We Shape the Evening

Guest challenges shape the questions and the conversation.

Step 03 · One Week Out

You get the final agenda and who's joining you at the table.

Send Us What You Want to Talk About

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Your Seat at the Table

INFUSION

November 3, 2026 4:30–6:30 PM Charlotte
Invite Only · Limited Seating

Leave knowing where your organization should move fast, where it should build deliberately, and where AI can do the most for your people.

I'm In → A private event experience