THE QUESTIONS THAT MATTER
Knowing about AI is not the same as knowing what to do with it
AI is already appearing in your work, your decisions and the conversations around you. The hard part is knowing where it belongs, when to trust it, what to challenge and what should remain yours.
The Circle gives you a safe place to work that through - using AI on real work, forming your own view, and learning alongside peers navigating the same shift.
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Where does AI belong in my work?
Where can it improve the quality, pace or value of work I am accountable for - and where does it not belong?
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What am I prepared to rely on?
What should I trust, challenge, verify, protect or keep human?
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What does it mean for how I lead? or govern?
How do I lead myself and others through the AI transition - making progress without losing sight of the work, risks and people involved?
THE SHIFT
Judgement is built by doing the work - then reflecting, testing and doing it again.
Courses can give you language. Briefings can give you information. Neither can give you the firsthand understanding that comes from using AI on work that matters, noticing where it helps or weakens the work, and deciding what you are prepared to stand behind.
WHO IT'S DESIGNED FOR
Senior leaders, board directors and experienced professionals.
The experienced professional
“I’ve done the courses. They were good. But I still can’t tell you what AI means for how I actually work.”
The board director
“I’m being asked to govern something I’m not yet confident using myself. I know the difference between sounding informed and actually being informed.”
The leader responsible for others
“My team is looking to me on AI. It’s hard to lead them through something I haven’t worked out for myself.”
The senior professional thinking it through
“I’m not interested in hype and I’m not afraid of AI. I want a serious space to think through what this means.”
The work is applied at your level and in your context. It does not matter whether you are new to AI or already experimenting with more advanced tools.
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
From scattered use to a deliberate AI practice.
By the end of the Circle, you will have used AI across work you are accountable for and made clearer decisions about when to use it, when not to, what to trust and what must remain yours.
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Judgement built from your own work
A deliberate AI practice
Know where AI helps, where it does not, and what to trust.
Use AI across work that matters, not as a series of occasional experiments
From scattered use to a deliberate AI practice.
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Your Personal AI Risk Audit
Quiet Authority
Know which risks matter in your role, where your boundaries sit and how you will verify work before relying on it
Lead credible conversations with teams, boards and vendors because you have used AI, tested it and formed your own view.
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A way to keep learning
Leave with a practice for keeping your capability and judgement current as AI changes.
HOW IT WORKS
Bring your work. Learn from what happens
Across 6 weeks, you use AI on your own work. The live sessions help you make sense of what's happening - what worked, what failed and what surprised you. Between sessions, you apply the challenges in your own context. The group is small and the conversation confidential, so you hear what people carrying different responsibilities have tried, how they made the call, and where their judgement differs from yours.
Live online
One hour a week, for 6 weeks. Share insights and reflect on real-world applications.
Weekly challenges
Applied to your own work, in your own context.
Small peer group
Max 10 people, so everyone has room to contribute.
Resources
Guides to help you apply the learning in your own context.
Your tools
Use whichever AI tools you're comfortable with.
Measure your progress
Complete an AI fluency snapshot at the start and the close.
THE SIX SESSIONS
What we work through
Start with what generative AI can and cannot do in your work. Learn to direct it, find genuine value and set boundaries. Then move beyond conversation into tools and workflows - and decide how you will keep learning as AI changes.
Week 1
Use AI on work that matters
What Generative AI does well, where it becomes unreliable & what changes when you use it for work you are accountable for.
Week 2
Delegate to AI Well
Give AI clear prompts, the context behind the work & the standards the result must meet. Ask it to challenge rather than simply agree.
Week 3
Use AI where it adds value
Streamline thinking, enhance decision-making and distinguish genuine value from output that is fast
Week 4
Know what to Trust
Work through privacy, accuracy, bias, disclosure & over-reliance. Decide what needs checking, what requires human review & what should not be handed over.
Week 5
From Conversation to Execution
Explore configured tools, assistants, repeatable workflows, i& agentic AI - their purpose, limits & where humans should remain.
Week 6
Build an ongoing learning practice
Consolidate what has changed in how you use, question and rely on AI, and decide how you will keep building after the Circle finishes.
What it's actually like
“AI is a DIY sport - you actually can’t outsource the learning of this. The AI Leadership Circle gets you to the starting line so that you can run the race.”
Jacinta Wheeler
Lead Partner, Watermark Search International
FROM PARTICIPANTS
​The difference shows up in the work.
The CEO who changed how the board gets briefed
A CEO came in using AI about once a week and cautious about where it belonged. By the close she had moved her monthly board report from writing it cold to reviewing a 95% draft, and had put an AI notetaker through a proper security assessment rather than banning it or waving it through.
"It can free us up to do what matters most."
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CEO, Community Services Sector
A Depute CEO who had never used AI was using it daily within 6 weeks.
"To be honest, I'm a bit scared of it."
A Deputy CE arrived having never used AI. Six weeks later she was using it daily, had built a tool that checks partner reports against KPIs, and had moved forward projects that had languished for want of time. Her confidence in experimenting went from 1 out of 5 to 4. Her word for how she felt about AI went from overwhelmed to invested.
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Deputy CEO, Social Services Sector
“Confidence, tenfold. This is not a theoretical course - it is real-life stuff applicable to you in your role.”
Donna Burr
Partner, Watermark Search International
“I feel much more confident to experiment safely. It’s particularly helpful for people in leadership roles who are trying to work out how AI fits.”
Frances Martin
Director, NFP philanthropic foundation
“I feel a whole lot more intentional about how I am focusing on it and investing my time. I’ve built five assistants in my business. They’re like junior consultants I’m training up.”
Margot Andersen
Founder and CEO, InSync Network Group
My Story
"I didn’t study this transition from the outside. I've lived it.”
After 25 years leading transformation, crisis response and reform - from bushfires and pandemics to large-scale system change in $50M–$3B organisations - Sue stepped away from executive life in early 2025 to build a human-led, AI-enabled advisory practice.
Her work combines daily AI practice, formal study in AI strategy and safety, and deep experience leading people through uncertainty. She created the Circle so senior leaders and directors can build the judgement to lead and govern AI well - through their own first hand experience.​​​
MIT Sloan · Oxford · INSEAD · GAICD · Certified Master Coach · Certified AI Trainer · National Emergency Services Medal
The AI Leadership Accelerator
Everything in the Circle — plus dedicated 1:1 advisory designed entirely around your specific situation, challenges, and goals. For leaders who want the peer learning experience and personalised strategic support.
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Everything in the AI Leadership Circle — six weeks of peer learning, challenges, and curated resources
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Three dedicated 1:1 advisory sessions — designed around your situation, challenges, and goals
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Written advisory notes after each session — so you leave with clarity, not just conversation
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Direct access to Sue between sessions — for questions, momentum, and real-time support
"Sue has an exceptional ability to bring focus and clarity, helping us move comfortably into the unknown — to experiment, trial and iterate with confidence.
What shifted for me was moving from using AI in a curious, ad-hoc way to building structured workflows and customised tools aligned to my brand, my IP and the way I deliver to clients."
Margot Andersen
Founder & CEO, Insync Network Group
AI Leadership Accelerator participant
If you enrol in the Circle and later decide you want the advisory sessions too, your Circle fee is credited toward the Accelerator package.
October 2026 Circle
Join the AI Leadership Circle.
Only 10 places available. Request one, or book a call with Sue first to talk about whether it's the right fit.
STARTS
Tuesday 13 October
TIME
12- 1 pm, Tuesday
13, 20 and 27 October, then 10, 17 and 24 November. No session on Melbourne Cup Day.
In-house versions of the Circle are also available for leadership teams