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Most organisations can name a human in the loop. Far fewer can say whether that person could actually stop the process. Three tests to find out: authority, understanding and safety. [Brazen, techSPARK festival, November 2026](https://techspark.co/brazen/speakers/) [Watch now](https://www.jannaways.co.uk/hubfs/Videos/Human%20in%20the%20lead.mp4) ![Brazen Panel](https://www.jannaways.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-11-10%20072945.png?width=900&height=425&name=Screenshot%202026-11-10%20072945.png) ### Lead: Panel Discussion A panel on Lead Day at Brazen with Janusz Stabik and Helene Jewell. Questions from the floor on delegation, trust, stepping into leadership for the first time, and knowing how far to stand back. [Brazen, techSPARK festival, November 2026](https://techspark.co/brazen/speakers/) ![AI Week October 2026](https://www.jannaways.co.uk/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-11-10%20070605.png) ### Confessions of a Lapsed AI Polygamist For a long time I ran four AI tools at once. Properly, deliberately, picking the right one for each job. I believed in it, and I told clients to do the same, because you can't predict what any AI company will do next. Prices change. Policies change. Companies get bought or shut down. Then one tool started reading my live working files without me uploading anything, and the other three quietly fell away. I didn't decide that. Convenience did. I only noticed later. Even now, my own setup would be hard to walk away from. This talk is that confession, and what it taught me about how AI really gets embedded in organisations. Not through a board decision, but through someone's browser. One task, then the next, until it's part of how work happens and nobody can say who agreed to it. [AI Week, October 2026](https://aiweek.digileaders.com/talks/confessions-of-a-lapsed-ai-polygamist/) [Watch now](https://www.jannaways.co.uk/hubfs/Videos/Confessions%20-%20Rachel%20Jannaway%20AI%20week.mp4) ![Public Sector AI Week March 2026](https://www.jannaways.co.uk/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-11-10%20070205.png) ### Seeing the Real System: Governing AI Influenced Decisions in Public Services Public service organisations are already governed by data-driven and AI-influenced systems, often without leaders having clear visibility of how critical decisions are actually made. This session argues that many AI governance failures do not stem from a lack of policy, ethics frameworks, or intent, but from a more fundamental issue: governance is typically aimed at systems, models, or policies, rather than at the decisions as they are lived in practice. Drawing on board-level governance work, the session walks through one real, high-stakes decision to show how data, legacy systems, automation, and human judgement interact long before issues reach senior oversight. [Public Sector AI Week, March 2026](https://aipsweek.digileaders.com/talks/seeing-the-real-system-governing-aiinfluenced-decisions-in-public-services/) [Watch now](https://www.jannaways.co.uk/hubfs/Videos/Seeing%20the%20real%20system.mp4) ## Get in touch Interested in working together? We'd love to hear from you. 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