Event Information:
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Fri24Apr20269:00AM - 12:00PMAmerican Century Investments 4400 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111
Every Data Leader Needs an ANCHOR: Master Change Management
Registration and Continental Breakfast begins at 8:30am.
Speaker: Aakriti Agrawal Kim, CDMP, ADGP, MBA
Aakriti , is a Senior Manager of Data Governance at a Fortune 100 company, where she leads large-scale data change initiatives. She holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Change from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and has dedicated her career to the intersection of data, transformation, and leadership. She recently published her first book, Data Governance Change Management, introducing the ANCHOR Framework for Change Leadership. Learn more about her book at ANCHORyourChange.com
Aakriti is also a serial nonprofit founder, having co-founded Girls Code Lincoln and The Nonprofiting Org. She currently serves on the DAMA Phoenix and the DAMA International boards, along with numerous other nonprofit boards around the country and world. Recognized with the Inspire Founders Award and the Emerging Young Leaders Award, and nominated to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, Aakriti is a TEDx speaker and frequent presenter on data governance, change management, and women in STEM.
TOPIC: Every Data Leader Needs an ANCHOR: Master Change Management
Change doesn’t fail because of bad ideas — it fails because people aren’t ready for it, connected to it, or supported through it. This full-day, hands-on workshop takes you inside the principles and practices of the ANCHOR model, a proven framework for leading human-centered change.
Based on the book Anchor Your Change, this session walks participants through every phase of the model — from assessing readiness to sustaining transformation — while addressing the real-world challenges that derail most change efforts. Through interactive exercises, case studies, and reflection, you’ll learn how to translate strategy into action, bring people along the journey, and create organizational cultures that don’t just tolerate change — they thrive through it.
Whether you’re leading digital transformation, data governance or management, AI adoption, process redesign, or cultural shifts, this workshop will equip you with tools to anchor your people, stabilize your strategy, and steer change that sticks.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply the ANCHOR model as a roadmap for leading human-centered change.
- Recognize common pitfalls and resistance patterns that emerge in transformation efforts.
- Develop practical action plans for managing communication, engagement, and adoption.
- Use tools and templates from the book to assess readiness, sustain momentum, and measure success.
- Build leadership confidence and capability to lead change across different contexts and team cultures.
Meeting Location:
American Century Investments
4400 Main Street,
Kansas City, MO 64111Directions and Parking: Details to be e-mailed when you RSVP.
Membership & Participation
*IT’S TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH KC DAMA!
To attend this session, you must have a 2026 to 2027 membership with KC DAMA. You can renew on-line using: Join DAMA Kansas City (kcdama.org). If your company requires an invoice, please contact Membership@kcdama.org to get this process started.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
- You must RSVP to RSVP@kcdama.org by April 20th, 2026.
- Each individual who will participate virtually must register separately.
- We are offering a Guest Pass for this event. Please go to: Join DAMA Kansas City (kcdama.org). Then choose the Additional Guest Pass option.
- You can only join virtually using the name you registered under or you will not be admitted.
- Virtual details for both presentations will be emailed to each participant after you RSVP.
Please let us know in advance if you must change the way you will attend.
NOTE: Please contact Membership@kcdama.org or Treasurer@kcdama.org if you are unclear of the status of your membership.