November flagship edition

Beyond the Competence Trap.

A curated CI3 experience for capable professionals ready to turn strength into visibility, trust, influence, and lasting impact.

The November edition is a Curated Leadership Experience: a founder frame, author and ideas panel, six small-capacity Leadership Circles, participant intake, registration pathway, and follow-up logic in one connected design.

Minimum $49.99 registration contribution

Saturday, November 14, 2026 · Ottawa, Ontario

Recommended assessments

Name the pressure pattern before the event, not before intake.

The Competence Trap Wheel gives participants language for the leadership pattern that may be creating pressure, drag, invisibility, or stalled influence. The Ethical Drift Compass shows where judgment bends when the pressure is on.

Both are recommended before the November CLE, but neither is a registration gate. You can reserve your seat first and complete them later before entering the room.

Recommended CLE signal

Your leadership under pressure.

25 questions. 5-7 minutes. A practical pattern result you can use before entering the room.

Open the Competence Trap Wheel ↗

Curated Leadership Experience

Access is not enough. The experience has to be curated.

CLE is the part of CI3 where people actually do things: move through the Competence Trap Wheel, complete diagnostics, submit participant intake, register, join the event experience, and continue into community experiences.

The November edition uses CLE to make every part of the day work together: the diagnostic creates language, the intake shapes the room, the registration flow confirms participation, the event creates the shared experience, and the community pathway keeps the work alive after the day ends.

  1. 01See the pattern

    The Competence Trap Wheel and diagnostic help participants name the leadership pattern creating pressure, drag, or invisibility.

  2. 02Bring a real question

    Participant intake captures leadership challenges, circle preferences, and the question each person wants help clarifying.

  3. 03Secure the pathway

    Registration makes participation clear, trackable, and intentional before the event experience begins.

  4. 04Enter the curated room

    The event experience combines founder framing, author insight, faculty voices, and six intimate Leadership Circles.

  5. 05Continue the work

    Participants leave with language, reflection, and follow-up pathways into community experiences, clinics, diagnostics, and future CI3 support.

Leadership Circles

Six circles, each shaped around a different leadership pressure point.

Each circle is designed as a curated, intimate conversation with 3 faculty voices and 7 registrants. The November edition stays at six circles, with 42 registrant seats distributed across those rooms so every participant is placed into a smaller, high-trust conversation.

6 curated circles 60 circle seats 18 faculty seats 42 registrant seats 7 registrants per circle 5 volunteers 5 partner / guest seats 0/70 confirmed attendance 0 speakers/faculty · 0 volunteers · 0 paid registrants 0/42 registrants confirmed 42 registrant seats available

Announced faculty are named here. Attendance is confirmed separately through the admin portal after each invited person registers. Full circle descriptions, faculty line-ups, and reflection questions live on the Leadership Circles page.

Faculty confirmation board

18 visible faculty seats

17 announced1 open
Seat 15Apply for this seat →Finance & Career Capital

01 / Leadership Identity

Who am I becoming as a leader?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete
0/7registrant seats taken7 available
For the person everyone trusts to deliver, but who is tired of being known only as reliable. Choose this circle Full circle details

02 / Strategic Visibility

How do I move from capability to visibility?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete
0/7registrant seats taken7 available
For professionals doing strong work while the rooms that shape opportunity still happen somewhere else. Choose this circle Full circle details

03 / Career Influence

How do I become known, trusted, and remembered?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete
0/7registrant seats taken7 available
For people whose contribution is strong, but whose signal is too quiet, scattered, or under-sponsored. Choose this circle Full circle details

04 / Business & Entrepreneurship

How do I build, grow, and lead a venture?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete
0/7registrant seats taken7 available
For builders carrying the weight of an idea, venture, practice, or next chapter that needs sharper leadership. Choose this circle Full circle details

05 / Finance & Career Capital

How do I make better money and career-capital decisions?

2/3faculty seats announced1 open
0/7registrant seats taken7 available
For professionals who are done letting money, pricing, negotiation, or uncertainty quietly shrink their choices. Choose this circle Full circle details

06 / Leadership Health Check

How do I lead without burning out or hiding behind competence?

3/3faculty seats announcedcomplete
0/7registrant seats taken7 available
For people who look capable on the outside, but know their capacity, energy, and boundaries need an honest audit. Choose this circle Full circle details

Author & Ideas Panel

Five author slots. Two confirmed. Three intentionally open.

This panel is the author layer of the November edition, separate from the Leadership Circle faculty. Authors bring books, frameworks, and lived leadership lessons that make the Competence Trap conversation tangible.

5 author slots2 confirmed3 to be confirmed
Register for the November edition
Slot 01 · Confirmed authorDr. Charles IgweFounder, CI3 · Competence Trap author frameDetails
Dr. Charles Igwe speaking on stage

Charles anchors the author layer by framing why competence can become a trap under pressure, and how capable professionals can move from private execution to visible leadership impact.

  • Introduces the Competence Trap language for the day.
  • Connects the keynote, author panel, diagnostic, and Leadership Circles.
  • Invites participants to treat ideas as a pathway, not a passive talk.
Confirmed role: founder keynote, author frame, and November ideas anchor. Explore The Competence Trap book
Slot 02 · Confirmed authorTemisan SagayThe Second Immigration · Book One of the Japa DiaryDetails
The Second Immigration book cover, Book One of the Japa Diary, by Temisan Sagay

Temisan brings 12+ years leading AI, cybersecurity, CRM, and governance initiatives across complex public and regulated environments, translating deep execution credibility into a clearer strategic signal others can recognize and trust.

Her debut book, The Second Immigration (Book One of the Japa Diary), covers strategies for surviving the invisible exhaustion of working remotely across cultures, time zones, and expectations.

Confirmed role: author panel guest, The Second Immigration frame.
03Slot 03 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot will hold a confirmed author with a practical idea that helps participants turn competence into trust, voice, decision-making power, or meaningful career movement.

Apply for this author slot
04Slot 04 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot is available for an author who can speak into business, finance, entrepreneurship, reinvention, or the practical demands of leading beyond technical excellence.

Apply for this author slot
05Slot 05 · OpenApply to join →Book / framework conversationDetails

This slot is reserved for an author whose ideas can help participants examine pressure, sustainability, resilience, identity, or the systems required for healthier leadership.

Apply for this author slot

The day, in one arc

Framing, ideas, circles, harvest, next steps.

The November agenda is a guided pathway, not a schedule of talks. The full session-by-session agenda, with the purpose and expected outcome of each block, lives on its own page.

01

Arrive and frame

Founder framing and the author panel put shared language around the Competence Trap before the real work starts.

02

Work the circles

Ninety minutes in your chosen Leadership Circle: three faculty, seven registrants, one honest question.

03

Harvest and continue

The room closes by turning circle insight into next steps, follow-up pathways, and the connections worth keeping.

Sponsor November

Help shape the room, not just fund the room.

Sponsorship supports the November CLE as a curated leadership experience: the circles, access seats, participant value, event atmosphere, and the follow-up pathway that helps people keep moving after the evening ends.

$10,000Gold / event sponsor $5,000Silver sponsor $3,000Bronze sponsor $1,500Circle sponsor $500Access seats In-kindServices, venue & media partners
CI3 community moment

Confirmed partner spotlight

Christiana Sagay / Chressa Law

Confirmed Silver Sponsor / Legal Advisory Partner. Providing complimentary legal strategy consultations for selected summit participants, focused on business structuring, immigration, employment, or labour-law orientation. Sessions are confidential and subject to conflict check.

View sponsor paths

Questions before you register

A few things worth knowing up front.

Is the $49.99 minimum a suggestion or a floor?Open

It's a hard minimum. Contributions below $49.99 aren't accepted. There's no cap above it if you'd like to contribute more.

Can I get a refund after I register?Open

No. All registration contributions are non-refundable once paid.

Where is the November CLE happening?Open

The event is in Ottawa, Ontario. The exact venue is being finalised and will be announced before the end of August.

Can I attend virtually?Open

Partly. The Author Fireside Chat is streamed live and free on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube, so you can watch that from anywhere. The rest of the edition is not streamed. Being in the room is what you pay for, at the $49.99 minimum, and it is the part that cannot be streamed: small circles, and ninety minutes of the kind of long, honest conversation that only happens face to face. Faculty attend free.

Confirmed for November 2026

Partners helping shape the room.

Participant path

Register. Confirm payment. Complete onboarding.

The registration intake collects advance information so CI3 can shape the circles around real participant questions, protect the 42-seat registrant cap, and place people into the right circle intentionally. Visible circle counters show how many seats are taken and when an intimate room is approaching capacity.

  1. 01Complete registration intake

    Share your circle preferences, leadership challenge, and the question you want answered.

  2. 02Secure payment

    Complete your secure PayPal payment right after submitting the intake form.

  3. 03CI3 reviews the room

    Responses help shape circle prompts, faculty mix, and participant experience.

  4. 04Attend the November edition

    Arrive with your question already inside the design of the day.

Ready to begin?

Registration is open. Start with the intake.

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