AI accelerates decisions, but over-trust and disengaged judgement create risk. This keynote explains where AI helps, where it introduces human risk, and how leaders keep humans meaningfully in the loop.
Nick Bowditch is a psychologist and behavioural science researcher specialising in disengagement, burnout, and human risk.
As AI systems increasingly shape decisions, many failures are no longer technical — they are human. Over-reliance, automation bias, and disengaged oversight quietly erode judgement long before a visible failure occurs.
This keynote examines how human disengagement shows up in AI-supported environments, why traditional risk frameworks miss these failures, and where responsibility truly sits when systems and people interact.
Rather than arguing for more technology or less technology, the session focuses on judgement, accountability, and decision architecture — and how organisations preserve human advantage as systems scale.
Understand where AI improves decisions and where it increases risk.
Apply an ethics-first framework for safer AI adoption.
Identify human disengagement risks in AI-supported systems.
Senior Leadership Teams
Boards of Directors
Government Departments,’
Technology-adjacent Organisations
Professional Services
Conference Audiences
Keynote presentation
(45–60 minutes)
Optional breakout or executive briefing available.
Keynote fees typically range from $5,000–$7,000 AUD, depending on event size, location, and format.
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