Your persona
Your responses indicate you’ve got a solid grounding in the essential concepts, applications, and governance of Artificial Intelligence.
What does this grounding mean in practical terms? Maybe you’re working somewhere which has seen a significant uptake of AI, or perhaps it’s an area your department is only starting to explore. By keeping yourself up to date with the development and governance of this emerging technology, you may be well-placed to foster connections with peers and experts.
This could help you guide uptake and support others with your best practice in incorporating AI into your professional practice.
Build your skills and knowledge
Propose and lead governance-compliant AI innovation projects within your department. Starting small and focussing on AI applications to improve ways of working could be a manageable place to start.
Evaluate efficacy and success. If you’re trialling the use of AI to solve a problem or increase efficiency, it can be impactful to consider how you’ll measure its impact.
Support the development of best practices or training that promotes compliance with and secure the use of AI.
Carve out time for professional development. Diarise a chunk of time each week where you can take an Apolitical course, explore community articles, or anything else that aligns with your motivations.
Create a community of practice
Think carefully about your network or who you work with. Can you identify anyone who might be a source of information or inspiration for further developing your knowledge, skills and abilities in this area? An informal chat about their work could help bring the context to life.
Identify and follow thought leaders and sign up for blogs or newsletters which review and discuss AI. You’ll find plenty of these through an internet search or on professional networking sites. Perhaps you could distil the most relevant and useful content you come across into a monthly email for your colleagues?
Connect with others. Identifying peers in different areas and agreeing on how to share ideas and resources could support cross-functional engagement and learning.
Share this assessment with your line manager. Discuss your outcomes and strategise which priorities might align with your departmental objectives.
AI is a hot topic on Apolitical. Take a look through the Apolitical Q&As - questions posed by members of the Apolitical community. If you feel you can support the community, consider responding to what’s been posted, such as: How will civil servants be impacted by innovation and artificial intelligence in the future?
Keep exploring
If you’re looking for inspiration for structured skill development, take a look at our Learning Plans where we have stitched together disparate educational resources into rich, diverse, cohesive and enlightening learning journeys.
Our Apolitical community members have submitted many thought-provoking articles, and in an area such as AI, new content is always coming up. Keep your finger on the pulse by regularly reviewing what's out there, and consider engaging with the article creator by using the comment function. Here's an article to get you started: Can AI help local governments? Robots say yes.
You might feel ready to dive into a piece of structured learning. Our Understand How AI Impacts You and Your Government course could be an excellent place to start.
Apolitical hosts events with thought-leaders discussing a variety of topics — including AI. Keep an eye out for what’s upcoming, and in the meantime, you can catch up on AI-centred recordings from past events, such as: How to use AI tools in your work in government.
What's next?
Not sure if this is the right persona for you? This diagnostic and its suggested outcome have been designed for illustrative purposes and may not reflect your level of awareness or competency.
Find a guide to the statements covered plus the scenario questions here: AI Self-Assessment and Scenario Summaries.
Explore the other personae using the links below:
Leadership:AI Explorer, AI Consolidator, AI Trailblazer
Non-Leadership:AI Explorer, AI Consolidator, AI Trailblazer
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