About this Event
Programme Details
- Dates: Wednesday, 18 November & Thursday, 19 November
- Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm daily (2-day interactive workshop)
- Location: MartinJenkins, Wellington
- Investment: $1,400 + GST per seat
- Capacity: Strictly limited to 10 participants to ensure an interactive, small-group experience.
- Facilitators: Cat Moody & Jarred Griffiths
The Leadership Challenge
Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities across the public sector, but technology is only part of the story. For many leaders, the immediate challenge is helping people adapt. Teams are asking questions about changing work practices, emerging capabilities, workforce impacts, and what these changes mean for their day-to-day roles.
Leaders are increasingly expected to communicate clearly, manage uncertainty, respond to concerns, maintain engagement, and support learning while organisational approaches continue to evolve.
Leading People Through AI-Enabled Change has been designed to help people leaders meet these challenges. Rather than teaching AI tools, the programme focuses on the practical leadership skills needed to guide teams through change.
Who This Programme Is For
This programme is designed specifically for people leaders within New Zealand regulatory agencies and public sector bodies, including:
- Managers
- Team leaders
- Anyone responsible for supporting people through organisational change
No technical background or AI expertise is required.
What Participants Will Gain
By the end of the programme, participants will be better equipped to:
- Understand the unique people impacts of AI-enabled change
- Recognise and address common concerns and resistance
- Lead teams through uncertainty and ambiguity
- Build confidence and trust during periods of change
- Communicate effectively about emerging technologies and organisational shifts
- Support adaptation, continuous learning, and experimentation
- Apply practical leadership approaches immediately within their own teams
Programme Structure
Day 1: Understanding the change and leading through uncertainty
Wednesday, 18 November | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Leaders explore the people impacts of AI-enabled change and their role in guiding teams through it. They will understand how to assess readiness, communicate honestly, and build psychological safety in regulatory and public sector settings.
What will be covered
- The leadership context for AI-driven change
- How people respond to change and uncertainty
- Change readiness and leadership responsibilities
- Building trust through clear, credible communication
- Crafting messages leaders can use with their teams
- Reflecting on risks and opportunities in own context
Day 2: Engaging teams and turning change into action
Thursday, 19 November | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
The focus shifts from understanding change to leading it. This will include sustaining engagement and motivation, applying frameworks to real situations, and leaving with a practical plan for adoption.
What will be covered
- Team engagement and motivation during change
- Applying practical change leadership frameworks
- Responding to resistance, fear and scepticism
- Supporting learning and capability development
- Safe experimentation and responsible adoption
- Pulse checks, action planning and next steps
Learning Approach
This is a highly interactive, small-group programme built around:
- Facilitated discussion
- Real public sector examples
- Practical leadership tools and frameworks
- Small-group exercises and peer learning
- Application to participants' own workplace contexts
Participants are encouraged to bring current challenges and opportunities from their own organisations.
Why This Programme Is Different
Many AI learning programmes focus purely on technology and software tools. Leading People Through AI-Enabled Change focuses on the leadership challenge.
Successful adoption of new technologies depends on people. This programme equips leaders with practical approaches for helping teams adapt, engage, learn, and perform during periods of transformation.
About the Facilitators
Cat Moody & Jarred Griffiths
This programme combines deep expertise in change leadership and AI transformation. Cat Moody and Jarred Griffiths bring practical experience supporting public sector organisations through organisational change, workforce transitions, leadership development, and AI adoption.
Participants will benefit from real examples, lessons learned, and practical insights drawn from current, hands-on work across public sector agencies.
Event venue & nearby stays
MartinJenkins, 142 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand
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