Artificial intelligence isn’t coming, it’s already reshaping how housing organisations operate, make decisions, manage risk and deliver services. For new CEOs, the challenge isn’t becoming an AI expert; it’s knowing what matters, what to question, and where to lead boldly when the ground is shifting under your feet.

In this session, Andrew Whyatt-Smith and Lucy Pitt from UpTake AI will help you navigate the realities of landing in the CEO seat during the AI explosion. Both bring deep, practical experience of helping organisations build maturity in data, automation and AI adoption, without the hype, panic or tech jargon.

Together, they’ll explore:

· The AI landscape a new CEO inherits, what’s real, what’s noise, and what’s coming fast

· The questions your board will expect you to answer (and the ones you should be asking them)

· How AI links to risk, governance, assurance and organisational readiness

· Where AI creates value in housing today — and where it genuinely doesn’t

· How to assess whether your organisation is experimenting with AI responsibly or sleepwalking into trouble

· What early decisions will define your reputation as a digitally confident CEO

What attendees will gain

· A clear view of the real AI landscape in housing, what matters now and what’s just noise.

· The key AI-related questions boards will expect CEOs to answer, plus the ones CEOs should be asking.

· Practical insight into how AI connects to risk, governance, assurance and organisational readiness.

· An understanding of where AI genuinely adds value in housing, and where it doesn’t.

· A simple way to assess whether their organisation is adopting AI responsibly or drifting into risk.

· Confidence to lead credible AI conversations as a new CEO, without needing to be a technical expert.

This session is designed to give CEOs clarity, confidence and a practical grip on the conversations they must be leading, even while they’re still getting their feet under the table.

Please note this session will not be recorded.