The AI-Ready Leader: Human functionality in an age of co-intelligence

The Institute of Directors (IoD) Jersey Digital Subcommittee is hosting a thought-provoking breakfast event on 23 October 2025, titled ‘The AI-Ready Leader – Human Functionality in an Age of Co-intelligence.’

This timely session, sponsored by Prosperity 24/7, will explore the existential challenge facing leaders in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.

As AI continues to reshape industries and infiltrate boardroom agendas, many organisations are responding through technology committees and HR-led workforce planning. Yet few have confronted the deeper question: what does leadership mean when brainwork can be outsourced to machines?

This event will challenge attendees to reimagine leadership in the age of co-intelligence. Drawing on insights from Dr Eve Poole’s acclaimed books, Robot Souls and Leadersmithing, the session will examine the thresholds AI has already crossed, what remains uniquely human in leadership, and how we can future proof ourselves and those we lead.

Ian Webb, Chair, IoD Jersey Digital Committee commented: “I am looking forward to welcoming Dr Eve Poole to this IoD Jersey event. As business leaders we need to think about our future workforce and how it will co-exist and build better businesses to an even greater extent with AI. How do we lead in this new environment? These are questions we will be exploring with Eve Poole as she helps us navigate these future challenges.”

Geraldine Evans, Chair, IoD Jersey Student Committee, COO of Prosperity 24/7 added: “Effective leadership is not a title, but a craft honed through lived experience and critical reflection. Dr Eve Poole, author of Leadersmithing and Robot Souls, will be back in Jersey to talk about leadership and skills, focusing on how they relate to artificial intelligence, a topic of significance relevant to today’s leaders. She will remind us that what makes us human—our intuition, our flaws, our ‘junk code’ and that it may be the very blueprint we need to programme AI with soul.”