by Amit Singh
Never Outdated helps business and technology leaders stay ahead in a world of constant change. Hosted by Amit Singh, strategic advisor, speaker, and founder of evince Consulting & the AI Leadership Academy, this podcast delivers insights on strategy, transformation, and leadership. Hear expert perspectives, real-world case studies, and conversations with industry leaders to help you make smarter decisions, drive change with confidence, and future-proof your career and business.
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June 30, 2026
<p>Your team has never produced better-looking work. Sharper decks, faster analysis, polished answers in seconds. </p><p>Here's the uncomfortable part: your organisation could be getting weaker by the day, and nobody would notice. </p><p>The outputs keep landing, the work looks better than ever, and the erosion underneath stays invisible right up until the moment it matters.</p><p>I was the kid who never showed his working at school. I could see the answer, so the steps felt like busywork. It took me twenty years to realise my teachers were right, and that the same lesson is about to cost a lot of organisations far more than it ever cost me.</p><p>In this episode, my AI executive assistant <a href="https://evince.ai/articles/my-name-is-veda-i-run-a-consultancy-with-amit-singh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Veda</a> and I get into what AI strips out of your business every time it hands you the answer without the working: the judgment, the capability, the very human part of how value actually gets created. You feel productive, and you're getting weaker.</p><p>We get into why an answer being correct isn't the same as it being right, why "dependency dressed up as capability" is the trap most leaders are walking straight into, and the one question to ask before you trust any AI output on a decision that matters.</p><p><strong>We cover:</strong></p><ul><li>Why a polished answer can hide the fact your team learned nothing</li><li>Correct vs right, and why only a human catches the gap</li><li>Why the working, not the output, is the asset that actually compounds</li><li>"Outsource the task, never the thinking", and where to draw the line</li><li>The one test for any AI output on a high-stakes call</li></ul><p>This is the first episode of my new AI Duet series, just me and <a href="https://evince.ai/articles/my-name-is-veda-i-run-a-consultancy-with-amit-singh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Veda</a>, my AI Executive Assistant, in conversation. I'd genuinely love your feedback on it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>🤝 Connect with Amit</strong><br>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/au-amitsingh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">linkedin.com/in/au-amitsingh</a><br>Website: <a href="https://amits.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">amits.com.au</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>💼 Work with Amit</strong><br>If you're a senior leader navigating AI decisions and want a thinking partner on strategy, governance, or where to focus first, that's what we do at evince Consulting.<br>evince Consulting: <a href="https://evince.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">evince.ai</a></p><p><br></p><p>🔥 <strong>Join the AI Leadership Academy</strong><br>Want to go deeper on AI strategy, leadership, and decision-making? Join the AI Leadership Academy on Skool, a free community for business leaders who want to stay sharp in an AI-driven world. Includes the AI Strategy Playbook, mini-course, webinar recordings, and weekly discussions.<br>Join free: <a href="https://www.skool.com/aileaders" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">skool.com/aileaders</a></p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ <strong>Be a guest on Never Outdated</strong><br>Got a story worth sharing? We're always looking for leaders with real experience and sharp perspectives. Register your interest to be a guest.<br>Apply here: <a href="https://amits.com.au/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">amits.com.au/contact</a></p><p><br></p><p>🙋 <strong>Subscribe to Never Outdated</strong><br>Never Outdated is where business and technology leaders go to stay ahead. Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode, and sign up to the newsletter for a monthly dose of practical insights on AI, leadership, and transformation.<br>Subscribe here: <a href="https://amits.com.au/neveroutdated" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">amits.com.au/neveroutdated</a></p>
June 1, 2026
<p>In 1995, Rita Arrigo opened one of Australia's first internet cafes. </p><p>There was no Google, and Netscape didn't even exist yet - just a coffee to drink while the page slowly built up on the screen. 30 years on, those same PCs sit in a glass case at the National Communications Museum, and Rita's on TED stages talking about responsible AI. </p><p>This conversation is about the arc between those two points, and what 30 years of tech adoption taught her about doing AI well.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We cover:</strong></p><ul><li>What a 1995 internet cafe can teach us about how organisations should be rolling out AI today</li><li>How "responsible AI" came out of a Microsoft tool being downloaded and misused by law enforcement</li><li>Why AI belongs in the business, not in the IT department</li><li>The National AI Centre's responsible AI guardrails - the 10 that became six key guidelines, and why every Australian organisation should know them</li><li>Why the dystopia narrative about AI taking everyone's job misses what's actually happening</li><li>How creative industries and software development are already being reshaped, and what that means for the next wave of jobs</li><li>Why transparency matters as much as the AI itself - telling people when and how you're using it</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>About Rita Arrigo</strong></p><p>Rita Arrigo is a digital and AI leader who has spent her career at the front edge of tech adoption in Australia. From building one of the country's first internet cafes, to working as Chief Digital Advisor at Microsoft, to helping establish the National AI Centre's responsible AI framework, she has been part of every wave that has shaped how Australian organisations use technology. She is now at boutique AI consultancy Alchemy Impact, helping executive teams get AI out of the IT department and into the business.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Rita:</strong><br>👉 LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rarrigo/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">linkedin.com/in/rarrigo/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Amit:</strong><br>👉 LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/au-amitsingh/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">linkedin.com/in/au-amitsingh/</a><br>👉 Website: <a href="https://amits.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">amits.com.au</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Work with Amit:</strong><br>If you're a senior leader navigating AI decisions and want a thinking partner on strategy, governance, or where to focus first - that's what we do at evince Consulting.</p><p>👉 evince Consulting: <a href="https://evince.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">evince.ai</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Join the AI Leadership Academy:</strong><br>Want to go deeper on AI strategy, leadership, and decision-making? Join the AI Leadership Academy on Skool - a free community for business leaders who want to stay sharp in an AI-driven world. Includes the AI Strategy Playbook, mini-course, webinar recordings, and weekly discussions.</p><p>👉 Join free: <a href="https://www.skool.com/aileaders" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">skool.com/aileaders</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Be a guest on Never Outdated:</strong><br>Got a story worth sharing? We're always looking for leaders with real experience and sharp perspectives. Register your interest to be a guest.</p><p>👉 Apply here:<a href="https://amits.com.au/contact" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> amits.com.au/contact</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to Never Outdated:</strong><br>Never Outdated is where business and technology leaders go to stay ahead. Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode, and sign up to the newsletter for a monthly dose of practical insights on AI, leadership, and transformation.</p><p>👉 Newsletter: <a href="https://evince.ai/resources/newsletter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">evince.ai/resources/newsletter</a><br>👉 <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/never-outdated/id1799636085" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Apple Podcasts</a><br>👉 <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4ybHtbXBqoWikIR93s4iWM" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a></p>
May 4, 2026
<p>What happens when an AI agent acts under your employee's credentials and something goes wrong?</p><p>Was it the human, the agent, or the agent acting as the human? If you can't answer that cleanly, you don't have governance. You've got hope dressed up as a policy.</p><p>But here's the thing.</p><p>Identity projects don't sell more widgets. They don't unlock new revenue. They don't shorten time to value. So they sit at the bottom of every funding list - while agents are quietly doing the work, sometimes with their own credentials, mostly with ours.</p><p>In this episode, Simon Reiter and I go deep on why identity is AI's silent hero, and why almost nobody is funding the foundation that everything agentic gets built on.</p><p>We cover:</p><ul><li>Why a CTO vibe-coded his kids' routine app in 90 minutes - and why the bottleneck has moved from building to clearly defining the problem</li><li>The 100%-safe paradox - why governance has to trade against velocity, and why risk-tiered guardrails beat one-size-fits-all</li><li>The policy / framework / standards split - and why the standards layer is the one most companies skip</li><li>Token Ops - a discipline Simon basically named live on the show, and a real cautionary tale of $300K of AI licences turning into a $1M token bill</li><li>Why identity is AI's silent hero - and why "was that the human or the agent?" is the question most strategies haven't sat with yet</li><li>Quantum readiness by 2030 - what the federal guidance actually means, and why your identity stack determines how exposed you are</li></ul><p>Simon is CTO at CareSuper. His career spans 25+ years - starting in networking and infrastructure before moving into enterprise technology leadership, with senior tech and CTO roles across Aware Super, Cbus and now CareSuper. He's a deep technologist who never forgets the people, and his perspective on what to build, what to govern, and what to leave alone is one of the sharpest you'll hear.</p><p>If you're a senior leader making AI decisions - or sitting at the table where they get made - Simon's perspective is one to sit with.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Simon Reiter</strong></p><ul><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/reitersimon/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/reitersimon/</a></li><li>Speaking at 6D AI Melbourne, Aug 2026: <a href="https://6degreesmedia.com.au/speakers-6dai-melbourne-26/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://6degreesmedia.com.au/speakers-6dai-melbourne-26/</a></li><li>Speaking at The Customer Show, Aug 2026: <a href="https://www.iqpc.com/events-customershow/speakers" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.iqpc.com/events-customershow/speakers</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Amit Singh</strong></p><ul><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/au-amitsingh/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/au-amitsingh/</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://amits.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://amits.com.au</a></li><li>evince Consulting: <a href="https://evince.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://evince.ai</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Work with Amit</strong></p><p>Most AI initiatives fail before they start. At evince Consulting, I help senior leaders set the focus, build the foundations, and lead the work that turns it into transformation. The real risk isn't moving too slowly - it's moving forward without clarity.</p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://evince.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://evince.ai</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Join the AI Leadership Academy</strong></p><p>Want to go deeper on AI strategy, leadership, and decision-making? Join the AI Leadership Academy on Skool - a free community for business leaders who want to stay sharp in an AI-driven world. Includes the AI Strategy Playbook, mini-course, webinar recordings, and weekly discussions.</p><p>Join free: <a href="https://www.skool.com/aileaders" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.skool.com/aileaders</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Be a Guest on Never Outdated</strong></p><p>Got a story worth sharing? We're always looking for leaders with real experience and sharp perspectives. Register your interest to be a guest.</p><p>Apply here: <a href="https://amits.com.au/contact" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://amits.com.au/contact</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to Never Outdated</strong></p><p>Never Outdated is where business and technology leaders go to stay ahead. Subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode, and sign up to the newsletter for a monthly dose of practical insights on AI, leadership, and transformation.</p><ul><li>Newsletter: <a href="https://evince.ai/resources/newsletter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">evince.ai/resources/newsletter</a></li><li>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-outdated/id1799636085" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/never-outdated/id1799636085</a></li><li>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4ybHtbXBqoWikIR93s4iWM" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://open.spotify.com/show/4ybHtbXBqoWikIR93s4iWM</a></li></ul>
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Never Outdated helps business and technology leaders stay ahead in a world of constant change.
Hosted by Amit Singh, strategic advisor, speaker, and founder of evince Consulting & the AI Leadership Academy, this podcast delivers insights on strategy, transformation, and leadership.
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