Today on the Take On Board podcast, I'm speaking with Kate Larsen about the ethics of AI.

Kate, although eager ears will know that Kate has already been on the podcast. Kate is an arts, cultural and nonprofit consultant and writer with more than 25 years of experience in Australia, Asia, and the UK. Recently returned to Naarm/Melbourne. Kate has particular expertise in arts, governance, and cultural leadership, workplace culture and wellbeing, and digital and community-engaged practice.

Kate's been on the podcast before, episode 254, on why Palestine is a governance issue that every board should be talking about. And she's currently leading a national conversation about governance reform based on the provocation that 'nearly everything you thought you knew about boards and governance is wrong'. This was the title of her TEDx talk on the subject last year, so we'll put a link to that in the show notes as well.  

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Kate Larsen on LinkedIn

Kate's latest article on this subject on ArtsHub

And another thing vlog: AI and governance

And another thing vlog: Meta's grand theft AusLit

Why (nearly) everything you thought you knew about boards and governance is wrong*, TedX Castlemaine

Episode 254: Kate Larsen on what boards need to think about before making a statement on the war in Gaza

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Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Alice Tang about the use of AI in board meetings and by boards. We also touch on digital and AI strategy and governance.

Alice is on the board of Amplify AI Group and was previously trustee for a listed fund manager managing $10 billion in assets. She's also been treasurer and board member for a disability arts board. Her executive roles include six years as Chief Operating Officer of a Listed Alternatives, assets manager, and 16 years at Macquarie Group.

A fellow of the Chartered Accountants, ANZ. She's on the Committee of 100 Women in Finance in Australia, the UNSW Alumni Advisory Committee, and is Secretary for Women in Super New South Wales. 

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My business partner did a TedX talk on AI and humanity in Sydney last year and it gives you a human perspective. "What if AI is the key to better relationships?"

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Today on the Take On Board podcast, I'm speaking with Dottie Schindlinger about AI and some recent research done by the Diligent Institute. Dottie serves on the boards of the Delaware County Foundation and the Pennsylvania School Safety Institute, also known as Penn SSI.

Dottie is the Executive Director of The Diligent Institute, the think tank and global governance research arm of Diligent Corporation, a leading provider of secure corporate board communication and collaboration software used by over 700,000 directors and executives globally.

In her role, Dottie provides thought leadership on governance, cybersecurity, and technology topics through presentations to boards and executives dozens of times each year at events worldwide. Her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and multiple governance and technology publications. She is the co-author of the book "Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board Director" (2019, John Wiley & Sons) and co-hosts the fortnightly show, The Corporate Director Podcast.

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Dottie Schindlinger on LInkedIn

Diligent

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Today on the Take On Board podcast, I'm speaking with Candice Deville about AI and the missing AI conversation in the boardroom.

Candice was formally on the board of Charity Bay and she's the founder of AI Co-pilot and a leading AI strategist with 20 plus years experience in digital transformation, enterprise marketing and emerging tech, she advises boards, government and growth stage companies on responsible AI adoption, blending commercial insight with a sharp human centered lens on the future of work.

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The AI-Ready Playbook: Navigating AI Like A Pro by Candice DeVille

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Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Henna Karna about AI and technology. (Please note, we're playing this episode again. It originally aired in November 2024

Henna is a highly respected global leader with more than 25 years of experience leading innovation across digital/data in high-tech, CPG, risk management, and insurance industries (across P&C, specialty, life, health, retirement, consumer, commercial, brokers, vendors, and independent agents).

She has led businesses and advised Fortune 100 companies on digital innovation and disruption, and has designed and developed patent-pending technology and applications in the field of genetic algorithms, behavioural analytics, deep neural nets and digital data technologies.

She's joined a couple of large industry companies. Most recently, she was at Google and ran the global insurance and risk division for products and solutions on the Google side. Henna has been on a couple of public boards and a couple of private boards, so she's spending most of her time on the portfolio side of things.

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The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman

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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

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Today on the Take on Board podcast, I'm speaking with Simone Austin about the transferable skills that have shaped her career journey. 

Simone is on the Healthy Life Health Advisory Board and has previously been President of Sport Dietitians Australia and a board member at Dietitians Australia.

Simone has had a dynamic career in the field of dietetics. I had to practice saying that, which fits perfectly with her zesty personality. From fueling some of Australia's most successful sporting teams to authoring her book, Eat Like an Athlete and leading the publication of Healthy Lives Living Healthy Reports.

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Living Healthy Report 2025

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Eat Like an Athlete by Simone Austin 

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Today on the Take on board podcast, I'm speaking again with Dorrit Kromann about high-performing boards. Now, you may recall that about a year ago, in June 2024, I had a conversation with Dorrit, during which we discussed psychology in the boardroom. We discussed a wide range of topics. Things like how she received some voice training from an opera singer, and she challenged us to do a little check-in when our attention wanders in board meetings. So there were a few tools she gave us around that as well. At the time, Dorrit was writing a book, and now her book is a reality. Today's conversation will touch on high-performing boards and the valuable wisdom she has developed through her book, Building Bridges in Board Dynamics. 

Dorrit Kromann is a full-time board professional and investor. After two decades of building a career linking the professional and human aspects of business, she now holds key board positions across different industries including Fintech, IT, education and utility services. In addition to driving performance in her own organizations, Dorrit is dedicated to equipping others with the necessary framework to understand board dynamics, become high-value members and create high-performing organizations.

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Building Bridges in Board Dynamics: Be More Confident, Competent and Conscious as a Value-Creating Board Member

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This week on the Take On Board podcast, you are hearing from me. I have some reflections from my recent hike, the Jatbula hike up in the Northern Territory. 

The podcast was recorded along the trail on Voice Memos. You will find some of it quite noisy because, in the background, there are various waterfalls and the like, so it's probably not the best audio. Uh, however, I couldn't resist doing it along the way, so I hope you find some value in it. 

Look, I'll admit some of the links to governance might be a little bit tenuous, but I couldn't miss this opportunity to record to some of my thoughts and reflections from the trip.

Enjoy!

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Today on the Take on Board Podcast, I'm speaking with Julie Toma about her journey to the boardroom and maybe some reflections that come along the way there.

Julie is on the board of Western New South Wales Primary Health Network, RACGP's Australian General Practice Research Foundation, Friendly Pharmacies, Northern Sydney Local Health District Quality Health Care Board Committee, and the Barbara May Foundation.

She's previously been on the Australian Dental Health Foundation, Jannawi Connections, LiveBetter, and Asthma Australia ACT.

Julie, as you can no doubt tell from her boards, is passionate about improving society's health and well-being. She provides deep expertise in business strategy, marketing, customer and employee experience, philanthropy, transformational growth and stakeholder engagement.

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Russell Reynolds Associates - Global Board Culture and Director Behaviors Study

Director Performance: The High Impact Behaviors of the Most Effective Directors 2022 Global Board Culture and Director Behaviors Study

NSW Institute of Applied Technology (for free courses to strengthen understanding of cyber and AI)

The Psychological Safety Index (PSI) from Data Drives Insight

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Today on the Take On Board Podcast, I'm speaking with Mary Goodwin about the advisory board centres and the certified chair course.

Mary chairs the audit risk and improvement committee at Gladstone Regional Council and serves on various audit and risk committees at Redlands City Council, Western Downs Regional Council, and Whitsunday Regional Council. She is also on the advisory boards of a pharmacy and a fabrication company.

Mary co-chairs the peer advisory group for the Queensland Northern Territory chapter of the Advisory Board Centre. With over 25 years of strategic leadership in public, private, and not-for-profit sectors both in Australia and internationally, she has served as chief procurement officer for the Queensland Government and Deputy Director General of a state department. Her international experience includes a significant gold mining project in Canada and India during COVID. She founded her consultancy, One People Proprietary Limited, to help businesses maximize their potential, particularly by applying big business concepts to SMEs in practical ways.

Previous episodes in this series

Louise Broekman outlines the history and importance of advisory boards

Sandra Gamble knows what’s what about the energy and sustainability sector for advisory boards

Cynthia Payne outlines the evolution of advisory boards in aged care

Heather Disher dishes on business sector advisory boards

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