The Leaders' Canvas
Experiences and Conversations Shape Actions.
The Leaders' Canvas is a curated leadership forum where experiences and conversations shape action. Leaders from brands, market research, AI, technology and business meet for moderated exchange—not a stage of rehearsed presentations. Co-created by The Collaborative Canvas Podcast and AX Pulse / Asia Research Media, it began in Delhi in August 2026 and continues as a city-edition platform.
Introduction
Not another conference
The Leaders' Canvas was built for conversations conventional industry events rarely hold: no rehearsed conclusions, no pressure to agree. Leaders bring experience, disagreement and open questions into the room.
The inaugural Delhi edition (7 August 2026, The Westin Gurgaon) brought together more than 85 professionals from consumer insights, marketing, research, technology and business, as reported by Business Wire India (17 August 2026 wire syndication). The next city edition is planned for Mumbai—city and date announced on Upcoming.
Because people learn from people.
Difference
What makes it different?
Conversations, not presentations
Participation and exchange, not a queue of one-way talks.
Experience in the room
Lived leadership, practical judgment, and conflicting viewpoints—not a single-function echo chamber.
Questions that matter now
AI and intelligence, consumers and culture, growth and organisational change—the tensions leaders are navigating now.
Ideas that travel beyond the room
Relationships and perspectives designed to outlast the evening.
Audience
Who The Leaders' Canvas is for
Built for people who shape decisions—and who would rather sit in a conversation than watch another stage.
Brand & marketing leaders
Peer dialogue on decisions that slide decks cannot settle.
Insights & research leaders
Cross-industry challenge on how intelligence reaches action.
AI & technology leaders
Context from people who live with the customer and the P&L.
Strategy & business leaders
Intersection views across functions, not another mono-audience stage.
Format
How an edition works
Each edition is a curated evening of moderated conversations. The format privileges disagreement and follow-up questions over keynotes. Organisers, co-curators and speakers are named on the About page and the Delhi archive.
For themes explored after the room, see the blog and glossary. Past and upcoming city editions live in the event archive.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is The Leaders' Canvas?
The Leaders' Canvas is a curated leadership forum co-created by The Collaborative Canvas Podcast and AX Pulse / Asia Research Media. It brings together leaders from brands, research, AI, technology and business for moderated conversations—not a conventional conference of presentations.
How is The Leaders' Canvas different from a conference?
It is built around participation and exchange. There are no rehearsed conclusions and no pressure to agree. Leaders bring experiences, perspectives and questions into the room so ideas can be challenged and carried into action.
Who organises The Leaders' Canvas?
The forum is co-curated by Ankesh Saxena (The Collaborative Canvas Podcast / Acutus AI) and Claudia Siregar (AX Pulse / Asia Research Media), with Colin Wong as Co-Curator and Australia Lead.
When was The Leaders' Canvas Delhi?
The inaugural edition ran on 7 August 2026 at The Westin Gurgaon, Gurugram. Business Wire India reported more than 85 attendees from consumer insights, marketing, research, technology and business. Full programme and partners live on the Delhi archive.
Who should attend?
Leaders who shape decisions across brands, market research and consumer insights, AI and technology, innovation, strategy and business—and who want peer-level conversation rather than another stage. See Who The Leaders' Canvas is for on this page.
Continue the conversation
The Leaders' Canvas is the brand home for a recurring leadership forum—not a one-off conference. Explore upcoming editions, read our story, or revisit Delhi 2026.