The second leg of our four-part Resilience Reset series explores how AI is shaping the future of risk and resilience approaches, across decision-making, technology oversight, project delivery, and governance.

The webinar builds on the risk leadership foundation established in Part One of our series and turns to one of the most powerful forces shaping risk and resilience approaches today: Artificial Intelligence. 

Artificial intelligence is transforming risk and resilience by improving foresight and insight, accelerating data-driven decisions, increasing crisis response speed, and redefining operational oversight. 

But speed does not automatically create strength.  The very features that make AI powerful - its speed and autonomy – create significant vulnerabilities.

To realise AI’s potential to uplift risk management and resilience, there are technical, organisational and ethical challenges to meet.

As resilience becomes a defining capability for modern organisations, the integration of AI into risk management and resilience must be deliberate, governed, and strategically aligned.

This session discusses how AI technology can strengthen risk management and resilience, but only when it’s used deliberately, responsibly, and strategically.

In this second webinar, we will cover:

• The evolving role of AI in risk management and organisational resilience
• Adoption of AI versus scaling in organisations
• Key technical, organisational and ethical challenges 
• Governance and management responsibilities for AI oversight
• How progressive organisations are productively using AI in organisational risk and resilience

For leaders navigating rapid technological change, this session identifies the current benefits and challenges in utilising and managing the potential of AI.

Speakers: 

David Turner | CEO - RiskNZ
David Turner is a senior business executive and trusted advisor with over 30 years’ experience in risk management and leadership. He began his career in the Australian Army, deploying to East Timor in 1999 as part of a specialised team. After leaving the military, he worked across private and government organisations before founding a risk management consultancy that supported major projects including BHP, Rio Tinto, Multiplex, Australian Elections, and CHOGM 2011 alongside State and Federal Police. Born in New Zealand, David returned in 2016 to support a major rail transition and now works across New Zealand and Australia advising corporates, government, Big Four firms, and mentoring senior leaders. His expertise focuses on the risks associated with human behaviour—one of the most complex and often overlooked areas in risk and leadership.

Brad Smith | Principal Solutions Consultant - Riskonnect
Brad brings over 25 years of experience in Governance, Risk, Compliance, Planning, and Performance across 375+ organisations spanning government, private, and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and internationally.  He has extensive expertise developing and reviewing GRC frameworks, policies, registers and risk appetite statements, as well as designing and implementing GRC software solutions. Brad also delivers training and thought leadership through courses, webinars, and product related consultancy. He holds qualifications in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Lean Six Sigma and Project Management and is a member of the RMIA and OCEG.

Coming Next:

Part Three: Project Risk and Resilience

Projects collapse when adaptability isn’t designed in.

This conversation explores what project delivery looks like when resilience becomes part of the operating model.

Part Four: Governing Resilience

From regulatory pressure to systemic organisational strain, resilience is moving into governance.

This final conversation delves into what happens when boards start treating resilience as a measurable leadership outcome.