Last night, we kicked off the Denver chapter and absolutely loved it all!

We started the evening with connection, then moved into new research Maureen Mo Berkner Boyt has been leading around change, the skills needed to navigate it, and the benchmarks we’re seeing among leaders today.

One of the biggest things that stood out to me was the neuroscience behind change: why it can feel so heavy, why it asks so much of us, and how we can actually build the capacity to move through it with more clarity, resilience, and trust.

Then we had the chance to hear from Jeremy Edmonds, SPHR (he/his/him), EVP of People & Culture at Snooze, who shared more about his own journey as a People leader and the intense amount of change Snooze has navigated over the last six years.

Hearing what the restaurant and food industry went through during COVID and beyond, and how Jeremy and the team continued to lead through it, was such a powerful reminder that change is not just a business concept. It is deeply human.

What hit me most throughout the night was how many of us are carrying multiple pressures of change at once. Organizational change. Personal change. Team change. Market change. The kind of change that can feel messy, exhausting, exciting, and uncertain all at the same time.

It reminded me that we are all doing the best we can, and we can also keep building the skills to thrive through change. Not perfectly. Not overnight. But together, with intention.

Last night made me even more excited for what this community can become.