Leadership in the Age of AI

Leadership in the Age of AI Workshop in Perth Course Content

Course Times

• 8:30am to 3:30pm

Leadership Context for AI

• Why AI change leadership expectations
• Common leadership traps
• AI Literacy

Adaptive Leadership in the AI Age

• Technical problems vs adaptive challenges
• Innovation vs Risk
• The challenge of Accountability

Decision-making with AI

• Appropriate and inappropriate uses of AI
• Human-in-the-loop decision models
• Verification, challenge and escalation practices

Ethical Leadership

• Key ethical principles
• Key AI risks
• Governance Guardrails

People and Capability

• Impact of AI on people
• Psychological Safety & Capability uplift
• Redesigning work

AI Maturity Model

• Understanding stages of AI Maturity
• Identifying where your organisation sits today
• Steps to move to the next stage

Putting it into practice

• Action planning

• Explain AI and generative AI clearly and confidently in non‑technical language
• Recognise AI adoption as an adaptive leadership challenge, not just a technical one
• Apply ethical leadership principles to AI‑assisted decisions
• Make better, more defensible decisions using AI as a support tool
• Identify appropriate, inappropriate, and high‑risk AI use cases
• Lead teams through AI‑driven change with confidence and psychological safety
• Establish practical guardrails that balance innovation, risk, and accountability
• Assess their organisation’s AI maturity and identify concrete next steps

This course is best for leaders exploring or grappling with the challenges of AI adoption in their organisation and its impact on Leadership.