CATO Executive Briefing · On Demand

Global Crises.
Local Decisions.

What Leaders Need to Do Now

AI disruption. Cyber risk. Global uncertainty. Leadership under pressure. Watch four experienced practitioners from New Zealand, Singapore, the United States and Australia examine what these forces mean for organisations — and the decisions leadership teams should be making now.

Duration 75 minutes
Panel 4 international practitioners
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Why this briefing

The challenges are global.
The decisions are local.

Artificial intelligence is changing how organisations operate. Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated. Economic, regulatory and geopolitical uncertainty continues to shape strategic decisions. And leaders are still required to decide — even without complete information.

  • What's genuinely changing, versus what's just noise
  • What organisations may be underestimating right now
  • What leadership teams can actually do about it

This executive briefing brings together four experienced practitioners to examine what genuinely matters — recorded in full, so you can watch it whenever it's useful.

Inside the recording

What you will hear

Four connected conversations, 75 minutes, one throughline: what leaders should actually do.

01

AI Beyond the Hype

Where artificial intelligence is creating real commercial value — and where organisations are still just experimenting.

  • Moving from AI experimentation to real implementation
  • Where AI creates genuine business value, and where it doesn't
  • Common mistakes in AI adoption
  • AI governance, risk and impact on employees
  • What leadership teams should prioritise now
02

Cyber Risk and Digital Resilience

The threats leadership teams are still underestimating, and what to do before an incident forces the conversation.

  • Emerging and AI-enabled cyber threats
  • Executive and board-level accountability
  • Third-party and supply chain exposure
  • Building organisational preparedness
  • How cyber risk connects to broader resilience
03

Global Uncertainty and Strategic Decision Making

Separating the risks that matter from the noise — and making sound calls without complete information.

  • Geopolitical, economic and regulatory pressure
  • Separating material risk from media noise
  • Deciding well without complete information
  • Staying strategically adaptable
  • Finding opportunity inside disruption
04

Leadership Under Pressure

The psychology of leading well when the picture keeps changing and certainty isn't available.

  • Psychology and behaviour under pressure
  • Emotional regulation and decision making
  • Leading without complete certainty
  • Maintaining trust through prolonged uncertainty
  • Building resilient, high-performing teams

International executive panel

Meet the panel

Four practitioners, four markets, one conversation about what leaders should do next.

Portrait of Asher Finlayson

Asher Finlayson

AI for Business and Digital Strategist

New Zealand

Asher works with organisations turning AI from a buzzword into a working part of the business — helping leadership teams prioritise the use cases that actually move the needle and build the capability to act on them. His focus is practical adoption: what AI genuinely changes, and what it doesn't.

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Dr Sarah Whyte

Speaker | Expanding Capacity | Facilitator

Singapore

Dr Whyte studies how people and organisations perform under pressure — the psychology behind good decisions when time, information and certainty are all in short supply. She works with leadership teams on emotional intelligence, judgement and the human capacity that holds an organisation together through uncertainty.

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Marcia J. Drake

Global Changemaker | CEO & Fractional CDO

United States

Marcia has built her career turning emerging technology into commercial outcomes, working across industries as a fractional Chief Digital Officer and executive adviser. She brings a US-market view on digital transformation — where AI and strategic adaptation genuinely create value, and what leadership teams still underestimate.

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Andy Graham

CIO | CTO | Founder

Australia

Andy has led technology and security functions at executive level, including as CIO, CTO and founder. His focus is what boards and leadership teams get wrong about cyber risk — the gap between technical reality and executive accountability — and what to do before an incident forces the conversation.

Why watch

75 minutes designed for people making real decisions.

You're not simply watching commentary. You're seeing how four experienced practitioners analyse complex business issues in real time.

  • Understand where AI is creating genuine business value
  • Identify cyber risks leadership teams may be underestimating
  • Improve decision making when information is incomplete
  • Understand how pressure affects leadership behaviour and judgement
  • Hear perspectives from four different international markets
  • Take practical questions and actions back to your leadership team

Who it's for

Built for people who carry the decision, not just the briefing.

This briefing is deliberately pitched at leaders who are accountable for what happens next.

  • Board members
  • CEOs and founders
  • Senior executives
  • CIOs and CTOs
  • Risk leaders
  • Strategy leaders
  • Transformation leaders
  • HR and people leaders
  • Professional advisers
  • Business owners
  • Anyone responsible for organisational resilience and decision making

From the conversation

Key questions this briefing answers

A sample of what's actually discussed across the 75 minutes.

Where is AI creating genuine business value today?

What are organisations getting wrong when moving from AI experimentation to implementation?

What cyber risks are boards and executive teams still underestimating?

What should a CEO look at first when assessing cyber resilience?

How do leaders distinguish genuine strategic risks from headline noise?

What happens to decision making when leaders operate under sustained pressure?

How can leaders maintain confidence without pretending to have certainty?

What should leadership teams prioritise over the next 90 days?

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Business leaders, executives, board members, technology leaders, risk professionals, transformation leaders and other decision makers navigating organisational change and uncertainty.

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Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, global uncertainty, strategic decision making, leadership under pressure and organisational resilience.

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