Overview

This is another in the COP Incubator series. We are really excited about our speakers and would like to invite you to attend our LIVE national webinar panel event on Wednesday 15th October from 6.00pm to 7.30pm AEDT.

We tend to think of Artificial Intelligence as the ultimate accelerator — faster data, quicker decisions, instant solutions. But here’s the paradox: true productivity doesn’t come from speeding up. It comes when we slow down, step back, and give ourselves the space to think, connect, and create.

This panel brings together experts that draw on psychological science to step away from the hype and unpack how AI is reshaping productivity at both the individual and organisational level — not simply through efficiency, but by freeing us to focus on what really matters. Together, we’ll explore:

1. The paradox of pace — how AI can create breathing room, not burnout, and why our best ideas often come when we step away from our desk.
2. The evolving workforce — the displacement of some roles, the creation of new ones, and the subtle ways AI is augmenting human capability rather than replacing it.
3. The human impact — what AI means for mental health, connectedness, and leadership in a generation raised on instant feedback and digital dopamine hits
4. The workplace in practice — how AI is being used in recruitment, culture-shaping, and performance measurement — and the ethical and psychological principles that must guide us.
5. From insight to action — practical strategies to quietly automate 10+ hours of work each week, and a simple AI fundamentals model to increase your fluency.

Through real-world examples and live audience Q&A, this session will challenge assumptions, highlight risks, and offer concrete takeaways for leaders and practitioners alike.

Because the future of productivity isn’t just about what AI can do faster — it’s about how AI can help us slow down, think deeply, and lead wisely in a changing world.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

• Understand the evolving impact of AI on individual and organisational productivity, including its influence on wellbeing, mental health, and social connectedness.
• Describe the role of AI in transforming workforce structures, including job displacement, creation of new roles, and the implications for leadership and generational engagement.
• Recognise successful and problematic use cases to unpack ethical, cultural, and practical challenges of AI in the workplace, including fairness, transparency, bias mitigation.
• Explore strategies for effective AI leadership and adoption by identifying core capabilities and mindsets required to guide AI adoption, practice and innovation.
• Become familiar with the Inventium AI Fundamentals Module to increase personal AI fluency.

Presenter(s)

About the presenter(s)

Dr. Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of the award-winning behaviour change consultancy Inventium. She has worked with companies such as Google, Apple, LEGO, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft to help boost productivity, innovation and wellbeing. 

In 2021, Amantha was the first Australian to win the Thinkers50 Innovation Award (described by the Financial Times as the ‘Oscars for Management Thinking’).

In 2025, Amantha was named as a finalist in the Australian AI Awards as the AI Female Leader of the Year and AI Consultant of the Year. Amantha is also the host of the number one ranking business podcast How I Work, which has had over 6 million downloads, where she interviews some of the world’s most successful people about their habits, strategies, and rituals.

Amantha’s thoughts have appeared in Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Forbes, and Fast Company and she is the author of four bestselling books, including international bestseller Time Wise and her most recent book, The Health Habit.

Professor Jon Whittle is Director of CSIRO’s Data61, Australia’s national centre for R&D in artificial intelligence. He leads a team of 500 researchers and engineers across Australia working on AI for good, cybersecurity, robotics and quantum technologies. Jon also founded Australia’s National AI Centre, which has helped over 2000 companies adopt AI.

Jon is well known for his advocacy for human values in AI, taking a balanced approach to ensure we can maximise the benefits of AI but minimise negative impacts. Jon is one of Australia’s leading thought leaders on AI. He hosts the podcast CSIRO Presents Everyday AI, a guide to AI for the general public, covering how AI is changing healthcare, education and the workplace. He writes a blog, Being Human in AI World, where he reflects on how we can keep the essence of what makes us human in a world where AI is everywhere. Jon is also the author of the book AI for Business, a practical and comprehensive guide on how to apply AI in practice.

Professor Patrick Dunlop is a member of the Senior Leadership Team at the Curtin University Future of Work Institute. His primary research interests relate to all the processes involved in personnel recruitment, assessment, and selection. These areas include:

• How to attract talent to an organisation,
• How to design and implement fair and accurate assessments of job candidates,
• How to ensure job candidates have a positive experience during their application process, and
• What roles can new technological developments play in the areas above.

His philosophy is that all of the decisions that organisations make in relation to recruitment, assessment, and selection should be grounded in a solid evidence base.

Notes

Registration includes access to the recording for 90 days after the event and access to an AI fundamentals Module to increase your AI fluency

Target Audience

This event is aimed at psychologists, HR / P& C Professionals, Senior Leaders and General Business Community.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

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