SONSIEL UN Immersion 2026 · Innovation Studio
What’s Next?
AI for Your Next Chapter
Your experience. Your judgment. One next move you can test.
Judi Snell, Economist
Executive Director, Women & Youth Advancement (WOYA)
Founder, Collaborative AI Group (CAiG)
Dell Technologies Solutions Center, New York · 15 October 2026
Who I am
I build human capability. AI is the multiplier.
DISCOVER
Women & Youth Advancement (WOYA)
A New York 501(c)(3) for human capability, access to opportunity and non-clinical mental wellness.
BUILD
Mommentis Consultants
Helping small businesses and organizations use AI on purpose for capacity, efficiency and growth.
INFLUENCE
Collaborative AI Group (CAiG)
A women-led movement co-shaping inclusive, human-centered AI. Incubated by WOYA.
WOYA side events & interventions at the UN: FfD4 Seville · WSSD2 Doha · CSW · HLPF · Summit of the Future · STI Forum · Multistakeholder hearings · Global Dialogue on AI Governance · IMRF · UN Water Conference (Dec)
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A question for the room
How are you using AI now?
One or two voices. There are no right or wrong answers.
What might your experience make possible next?
A career move, a venture, or a community contribution.
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Illustrative image
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One meaningful question
What’s the problem you keep noticing?
A barrier. An unfinished idea. Something you wish worked better.
Our example today (fictional)
A community nurse keeps hearing that family caregivers don’t know where to turn for local support. She has limited time.
Your next chapter doesn’t require leaving nursing. It may mean applying what you know in a new way.
AI as a thinking partner
Five roles for AI. One it never gets.
Explorer
Surfaces possibilities
Clinical problem-solving → human-centered innovation
Mirror
Reflects your patterns
Assessment → problem definition
Collaborator
Helps shape ideas
Care planning → solution design
Challenger
Exposes assumptions
Clinical safety → unintended-consequence assessment
Accelerator
Turns choices into action
Quality improvement → iterative testing
Decider = You
Never AI. Not once.
Your license. Your judgment. Your call.
Nursing → UN translations from the SONSIEL Innovation Studio brief
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1 · Stem first
The Y-Method™ · the stem
The stem: grounding before possibilities
AI can generate options. What gives those options direction? Your grounding.
My starting point
My experience, skills, unfinished ideas and real circumstances.
My North Star
What am I trying to achieve, and for whom? What is still unclear?
My C.A.R.E. commitments
Community first, accountability, risk awareness, ethical deployment: who benefits, and what responsible progress looks like.
Our caregiver example
North Star: better access to verified local support, including for people without smartphones.
The Y-Method is the process. Your North Star is the destination. C.A.R.E. is what you carry.
Y-Method™ and C.A.R.E. © Judi Snell / WOYA
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The Y-Method™ · with Red Teaming Your AI™ and Guardrails
Stem → Branches → Stress test → Choice
A · PROCEED
Phone orientation
B · REVISE
Co-written guide
C · INVESTIGATE
Community session
2 · Branches
3 · Red-team
4 · Choice: where the branches meet
1 · Stem: North Star + C.A.R.E. commitments; limited time; caregivers differ in language, literacy and internet access
How each branch came out
A · Proceed. Test it small: three caregiver conversations first.
B · Revise. Co-write the guide with caregivers before printing.
C · Investigate. Find out when caregivers can actually attend.
Proceed, revise, investigate, pause or reject: every outcome gets a written reason.
AI can generate the branches. Only you can walk the Y.
Y-Method™ · a proprietary framework by Judi Snell / WOYA · all rights reserved
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Red Teaming Your AI™ · grounding that carries through
Every branch returns to C.A.R.E.
C · Community first
Who benefits? Who is missing?
Caregivers help shape the idea before anything is built.
A · Accountability
Who owns and checks the work?
A named reviewer for every referral.
R · Risk awareness
What could go wrong?
Outdated contacts, access barriers and the use of sensitive data.
E · Ethical deployment
Is it fair and respectful?
Ask about consent, language and literacy. Test assumptions with people.
Proceed, revise, investigate, pause or reject. Record the reason for each branch.
Red Teaming Your AI™ and C.A.R.E. © Judi Snell / WOYA
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Optional reference · an example, not a step. This shows where your grounding lives. It never overrides your organization’s policies or your privacy choices.
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Same grounding, different tools. Illustrated examples; labels vary by account. Set it up separately in each tool, inside your organization’s policies.
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Filled Next Chapter Card · fictional example
One next move, with a check-in date
The question I brought
How can caregivers find local support more easily?
The possibility I’m testing
A short phone orientation using verified local contacts.
The assumption I’m red-teaming
A phone conversation meets a need caregivers themselves identify.
My next move (this week)
Arrange three caregiver listening conversations with a community partner by 20 October.
My check-in date: 22 October 2026. What did I learn, and what needs to change?
The caregiver scenario is fictional
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One general playbook for career, community or business questions
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Brief walkthrough · the CAiG workbook
Your guide for any question: the What’s Next? playbook
Free to use.
Answers stay in your browser.
1 · EXPLORE
Name the real question underneath your question.
2 · DESIGN
Shape your strongest possibility.
3 · DECIDE
Draw your Y: stem, branches, stress test, choice.
RED TEAMING YOUR AI™
Copy-paste prompts that challenge any idea.
GUARDRAILS
Set them before you start.
4 · NEXT CHAPTER CARD
One next move and a check-in date.
playbook.woyacentral.com
My Next Chapter Card
The question I brought
The possibility I’m testing
The assumption I’m red-teaming
My Next Move (this week)
My check-in date
What you walk away with
Guardrails first. Then one move, one date.
Privacy. Approved tools only for patient, staff or employer data.
Bias awareness. Check AI output against evidence and the people affected.
Emotional projection. AI’s confidence doesn’t mean it knows you.
Human in the loop. AI proposes. You decide.
Well-being: a next step sized to your real capacity, worked through with people, not only a tool.
Prosperity: a low-cost way to test an opportunity before you invest time or money in it.
Guardrails and the Next Chapter Card are in the What’s Next? playbook
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Your companion after the session
The playbook continues with you
Use your own question. Ground it, explore the branches, shape the possibilities and test them against C.A.R.E.
1
Act
→
2
Gather evidence
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3 · loop back
Return and adjust ↺
Each next move creates new information. What have I learned that changes my options or my next move?
playbook.woyacentral.com
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Your turn
AI helps you widen and challenge the possibilities. Your judgment determines the next move.
What is one next move your experience makes possible?
Where this connects
SDG 3 health · SDG 10 reduced inequalities · SDG 17 partnerships. Nurse-led evidence like this belongs in the 2nd Global Dialogue on AI Governance, New York, May 2027.
AI can generate the branches. Only you can walk the Y.
Same walk, different start. Your next chapter is yours.
playbook.woyacentral.com · hello@woyacentral.com
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Thank you.
Judi Snell · hello@woyacentral.com
woyacentral.org · caig.woyacentral.com · mommentisconsultants.com
Workbook: playbook.woyacentral.com
Built by Judi, Shag and Laude.
Y-Method™, Red Teaming Your AI™ and C.A.R.E. © Judi Snell / WOYA. Images are AI-generated illustrations of fictional people. The caregiver scenario is fictional. Further reading: WHO, Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health (2021).
Facilitator kit · suggested group activity
Draw the Y: 12 minutes, in the room and on Zoom
2 MIN · STEM
Name a problem you keep noticing and who it affects.
3 MIN · BRANCHES
List three different approaches. At least one must work without AI or a smartphone.
4 MIN · RED-TEAM
Challenge each branch with C.A.R.E.: proceed, revise, investigate or reject, with a reason.
3 MIN · CHOICE
One next move, a check-in date, and who you’ll verify it with.
No AI account needed. Pairs generate the branches; one person plays devil’s advocate.
Sharing is optional. No patient or personal health information. Debrief: which branch changed, and why?
For facilitators · run after all three speakers, if helpful
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Facilitator kit · discussion questions for Judi
Questions to open the conversation
1
How can nurses use AI to explore a next chapter while protecting their own judgment, their well-being and the people affected?
2
When a promising idea meets unequal access, what evidence should make us change it, pause it or choose a different approach?
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Backup: Nurses are trained never to let a machine make the call. How does that instinct help shape how AI is governed?
For facilitators · not presented in remarks
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Facilitator kit · for the Scavenger Hunt
Where a next move can meet the UN
| UN process | Verified dates and access | Nurse angle |
|---|---|---|
| Global Digital Compact | Adopted at the Summit of the Future, Sept 2024 | Close digital divides; back women and youth innovators |
| Global Dialogue on AI Governance | 1st session Geneva, 6–7 Jul 2026. 2nd session New York, 3–4 May 2027, with the STI Forum | Bring frontline evidence on safe, equitable AI |
| UN 2026 Water Conference | Abu Dhabi, 8–10 Dec 2026. Virtual side-event call closes 16 Oct; stakeholder registration closes 6 Nov | Water and sanitation in health facilities (SDG 6 with SDG 3) |
| CSW | Annual session in New York; confirm the 2027 dates on un.org | A largely women-led workforce (SDG 5) |
WOYA side events & interventions at the UN: FfD4 Seville · WSSD2 Doha · CSW · HLPF · Summit of the Future · STI Forum · Multistakeholder hearings · Global Dialogue on AI Governance · IMRF · UN Water Conference (Dec)
Sources: un.org Global Digital Compact and Global Dialogue pages; sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2026 (checked 10 Oct 2026)
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