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The Cyber Hot Seat: Taking on your Cyber Security challenges
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The Cyber Hot Seat: Taking on your Cyber Security challenges
Fear, Strategy and the Future - Why AI Adoption Stalls
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In episode 24 of The Cyber Hot Seat, Anish sits down with James Russell, human behaviour and transformation specialist and board advisor, to explore why AI adoption is stalling inside organisations, and what leaders can do about it.
James works with boards and senior leadership teams on the human side of change, and brings a fascinating perspective on why so many organisations are talking about AI without actually transforming through it.
A University of Cambridge study found that while 81% of organisations are adopting AI, only 14% see it as truly transformational. This conversation gets into why.
They cover:
- Why using AI as a search tool is not the same as genuine adoption
- The concept of psychological debt, how offloading tasks to AI quietly erodes skills, confidence, and credibility
- Why middle managers are carrying the most tension in AI transformation programmes
- The cultural and existential questions AI is raising for individuals and organisations alike
- Practical advice on staying accountable and keeping human judgment at the centre of AI workflows
Whether you lead a security team, sit on a board, or are responsible for bringing people through change, this is a conversation worth checking out.