AI & Good Practice Master Class
The Good Practice Company is pleased to announce three upcoming workshops in collaboration with our colleague Alexander van Wel (Meerkat Creative & Consulting):
✦ Essentials for AI & Good Practice ✦
April | May | June – limited to 10 professionals per session
3 hours + networking: $550+GST
(3 CPD hours)
Alex and I are both Oxford–certified AI specialists – he brings expertise in change management, communications and strategy; I bring a background in professional practice, ethics and governance, including accreditation as an AI Ethicist through the OxEthica programme.
We've just completed two pilot sessions with a small group of New Zealand professionals. Here's what they told us:
"This series has been an invaluable introduction to the staggering power and potential of AI, its omnipresence, risks and corresponding benefits."
"I found these sessions very useful and eye opening – I feel more confident with the legal and ethical aspects of AI, which has helped me start to use it comfortably."
"A great way to start getting to grips with the many and varied issues, opportunities and challenges that AI creates for individuals and organisations."
In 3 hours together, you'll walk away with:
→ What AI actually is – foundations, not hype
→ Genuine AI literacy – enough to use it safely and critically
→ The ethics and governance landscape, including what it means for NZ professionals
→ A practical framework and key tools to get started responsibly
Small group. Real conversation. Practical outcomes.
This isn't a tech event – it's a professional practice event. If you're a professional - such as a lawyer, accountant, HR advisor or consultant - wondering how to start with AI responsibly, this is for you.
Spaces are strictly limited to 10 per session. Get in touch to register your interest for Thursday 23 April, Friday 22 May or Thursday 25 June.
Deborah Manning is the founder of The Good Practice Company, a trained professional supervisor and is an experienced lawyer including in human rights, privacy and public law.
Deborah works with lawyers and professional organisations on supervision, ethics training and AI governance. Her work focuses on bridging transdisciplinary knowledge between disciplines - including from the law, psychology and professional supervision. She is particularly interested in how professionals can use AI ethically and responsibly – in ways that genuinely improve client and case outcomes while meeting the obligations that regulated practice requires.
She is a certified AI Ethicist through the University of Oxford AI Ethics, Compliance & Regulation Programme | OxEthica (2026)
Alexander van Wel is an AI transformation specialist, educator and strategist, and the founder of Auckland-based Meerkat Creative & Consulting. He works with organisations to build AI capability in a way that is practical, human-centred and grounded in trust – with a particular focus on change management, risk literacy and responsible adoption. He holds Oxford University's AI professional certification and brings more than ten years of experience leading digital transformation in media, including at Fairfax/Stuff and Radio New Zealand.
Alex is also a freelance journalist for the BBC, covering artificial intelligence and stories of global significance – a perspective that connects fast-moving international developments to the practical realities facing New Zealand organisations. His work is built on a straightforward premise: organisations realise the benefits of AI when they understand both its power and its limits, and when adoption is supported by clear guardrails and genuine human oversight.