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Take on Board breakfast recap – Essential AI insights for the boardroom

‘Topical’, ‘Valuable’ and ‘Insightful’. That’s how guests described the recent Take on Board online event with Candice DeVille

In this interactive and engaging session, Candice DeVille answered participants’ questions about the dilemma emerging from the boardroom involving directives to ‘implement AI,’ often without a foundational understanding of its practical applications. This reveals a critical need to enhance AI literacy among leaders.

Candice is committed to empowering Australian businesses to demystify AI, enabling them to harness its transformative power responsibly and with integrity.

Listen or watch the Take on Board podcast episode as Candice explains what boards should be asking about AI.

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Key points, takeaways and discussion points from Candice from the event:

  • Translating board directives into an actionable strategy
  • ‘Get the AI!’ – 4 questions to ask: What’s the intent behind the directive? Which specific business problem are we solving? What does success look like? Who owns the delivery, and by when?
  • Review the risks: data, operational, model, regulatory, reputational
  • “The point isn’t to create fear, it’s to create readiness”

What did the attendees like about this event?

“Candice was a great presenter”.

“Mixing with others in groups coming from different experiences”

“Breakout rooms were short and used to good effect”.

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