How charities are using AI and what leaders need to know

Описание: AI is moving fast across the charity sector but are leadership teams and boards keeping pace?

In this mini episode of Leaders With Purpose, Zoe Amar shares key insights from the latest Charity Digital Skills Report and her work with charity leaders and trustees across the UK. While many charities are making real progress with digital and AI adoption, Zoe highlights a growing gap between innovation on the ground and confidence at board and CEO level.

This episode explores what the data is really telling us about AI readiness in charities, why leadership capability matters more than ever, and how boards can engage with AI without needing to become technical experts.

You’ll hear about:
• Why over three quarters of charities are now using AI and what that progress is built on
• The leadership and governance skills gap holding some organisations back
• How boards and leaders can approach AI as a strategic and organisational challenge, not a technical one
• Creating a culture of curiosity, learning, and safe experimentation
• Agility over fixed AI roadmaps in a fast-moving and uncertain landscape

This is a snapshot of a much deeper conversation about leadership, vulnerability, governance, and responsible AI adoption in complex and sensitive contexts.

Listen to the full episode of Leaders With Purpose for the complete conversation with Zoe Amar, where we go deeper into leadership culture, ethics, service design, and what it really takes to lead well in the age of AI.

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Chapters:
00:00 - What the Charity Digital Skills data is really telling us
01:20 - Progress despite pressure: digital and AI adoption in charities
02:40 - The leadership and board AI skills gap
04:30 - Bringing trustees into the AI conversation without fear
06:10 - Why fixed AI roadmaps don’t work right now
07:45 - Ethical AI: slowing down to do it properly
09:00 - Leadership vulnerability and learning in public
10:15 - Creating safe spaces to experiment with AI

Connect with us:
Zoe Amar:   / zoeamar  
Rebecca Hull:   / rebecca-hull-75a78b39  
Louise Lai:   / louise-lai-3958962a  
manifesto: https://manifesto.co.uk/