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Featured Executive Leadership & Strategy Categorised Investment​ Priorities for Government Leaders Categorised Investment​ Priorities for Government Leaders Jan 8, 2026 This document outlines different investment priorities for Government leaders.​ Investment priorities are ranked in order of the number of respondents investing in the next year.​ Read More
AI & Innovation The Enterprise Architect: Leading Transformation and Resilience at National Scale The Enterprise Architect: Leading Transformation and Resilience at National Scale Aug 27, 2026 Services Australia's Charles McHardie on protecting the now before pursuing the next: quality, stability and security as the base for AI transformation. Read More
AI & Innovation Scaling AI: A Practical Guide to Getting Value from AI Scaling AI: A Practical Guide to Getting Value from AI Aug 27, 2026 70% of AI barriers are organisational, not technical. Former Westpac and DBS CTO David Walker on why nimbleness, not technology, determines AI value. Read More
AI & Innovation Transformation Projects Fail without Upgrading the “Human Operating System” Transformation Projects Fail without Upgrading the “Human Operating System” Aug 27, 2026 Telstra's Dayle Stevens and Be Luminous's Dominic Price on why AI transformation is a human challenge, not a technology one, and how to solve it. Read More
AI & Innovation From Operational Resilience to Business Value: Why Agents Are Stuck in Test From Operational Resilience to Business Value: Why Agents Are Stuck in Test Aug 27, 2026 Splunk's Felix Fitzpatrick on why agentic AI needs continuous evaluation, guardrails and observability to move safely from pilot to production. Read More
Security & Risk Cyber Security, Harnessing AI and the New Era of Digital Trust Cyber Security, Harnessing AI and the New Era of Digital Trust Aug 27, 2026 Telstra's Chris Mohan on why cyber security must become an enabler of AI experimentation, not a function that just says no, as shadow AI grows. Read More
AI & Innovation Foundations First: How CIOs Scale AI with Data, Security and Choice Foundations First: How CIOs Scale AI with Data, Security and Choice Aug 27, 2026 Oracle's Stephen Bovis and Victoria's Alexandra Luk on why data, trust and agility determine whether AI moves from pilot to production at scale. Read More
AI & Innovation Solving the Right Problem: Architecting Workflows, Operating Models, and ROI for the Agentic AI Era Solving the Right Problem: Architecting Workflows, Operating Models, and ROI for the Agentic AI Era Aug 24, 2026 Why scaling agentic AI takes more than IT: ADAPT's Peter Hind and leaders from Monash Health, Transurban and Swinburne on workflows, data and culture. Read More
AI & Innovation ADAPT Australian Maturity & Performance Insights ADAPT Australian Maturity & Performance Insights Aug 24, 2026 Just 1% of CIOs measure AI value with CFO involvement. ADAPT's Joey Meynink on the shift from AI adoption to measurable enterprise differentiation. Read More
Executive Leadership & Strategy People First: How the Fair Work Ombudsman Is Doing Agentic Software Development Without Handing Over the Keys People First: How the Fair Work Ombudsman Is Doing Agentic Software Development Without Handing Over the Keys Aug 24, 2026 Fair Work Ombudsman CIO Dimitar Dimitrovski on building a governed agentic AI coding capability that cut a year's delivery down to four months. Read More
Executive Leadership & Strategy Token Discipline and Trust: Workday’s Shan Moorthy on Making Agentic AI Pay Token Discipline and Trust: Workday’s Shan Moorthy on Making Agentic AI Pay Aug 24, 2026 Workday's Shan Moorthy on tokenmaxxing, the behavioural trend driving runaway AI token costs, and why perfect data isn't the barrier execs think it is. Read More
Executive Leadership & Strategy Government Transformation Needs Stronger Ownership Models Government Transformation Needs Stronger Ownership Models Aug 21, 2026 Government transformation has strong executive backing, but agencies still struggle to operationalise AI, cyber and modernisation priorities at scale. Read More
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