Thinking Further: The User Guide for AI They Never Gave You

Talks on Tuesdays: Real lectures in your favourite venues. 45-mins + Q&A with Christian Keel

Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.

This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.

Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

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Thinking Further: The User Guide for AI They Never Gave You

Most of us were handed AI tools with no instructions. We type a question, take the answer and move on, rarely getting close to what these tools can actually do. In this talk, Christian Keel, author of Thinking Further: The User Guide for AI They Never Gave You, shares a practical, plain-language approach to working with AI as a thinking partner rather than a search box. Drawing on his background in psychology, consulting and building an AI-powered startup, Christian explores how to frame better questions, challenge and refine what AI gives you, and recognise where its limits lie. He will also touch on what responsible, confident AI use looks like at work and at home. Whether you are a sceptic, a casual user or already experimenting daily, you will leave with techniques you can put to use straight away.

Your Speaker:

Christian Keel

Christian Keel is the author of Thinking Further: The User Guide for AI They Never Gave You, a practical guide to using AI well. He is a Commercial Director at Escient and founder and CEO of Habitect, an AI-powered platform for residential decarbonisation. Christian brings 15 years across consulting and corporate roles, including PwC and BTS, and holds an Executive MBA (RMIT), a Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts/Commerce (University of Melbourne). He has spoken at universities, government agencies and businesses. His next book, The Woven Canary, explores how we find agency and resilience amid the polycrisis.