Confident AI Adoption in the Public Sector - Sam Jones - Episode 180

Public Sector Podcast · May 18, 2026 · 1m

This week, Sam Jones, Executive Director Corporate Services, Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria explores the rise of the "cybernetic colleague": using AI to expand organisational capacity and take repetitive work off people's plates, so teams can focus on more strategic, human, and high-value tasks. It looks at what this shift means in practice, and how leaders can set teams up to adopt AI confidently rather than resist it. The conversation also focuses on what responsible implementation requires, especially in legal and justice settings: clear AI governance, guardrails, and ethical…