Services
Building Trustworthy & Authentic AI
When teams and customers do not trust your AI, adoption fails. The challenge is not just about technical validation but about navigating a crisis of authenticity and psychological safety.
The Cichor Institute’s approach is grounded in deep experimental research on the psychology of why humans distrust machines. By applying insights from the Uncanny Valley, digital authenticity, and human-robot interaction, the resulting systems are both compliant and designed from the ground up to be understood, accepted, and trusted.
Services Include:
Customized Ethics Training & Workshops: Equipping client teams (technical, legal, leadership) with a deep understanding of the psychology of human-AI trust, the risks of algorithmic bias, and the frameworks for making ethically sound decisions.
Ethical Framework Development: Facilitating the co-creation of bespoke AI ethics principles and guidelines aligned with an organization's values and operational context.
AI Risk & Impact Assessments: Identification, analysis, and mitigation of ethical, social, and reputational risks associated with specific AI applications.
The result is a sustainable AI ecosystem that creates genuine stakeholder trust, mitigates adoption risk, and builds a powerful reputation for responsible innovation.
Future-Proof Governance & Policy
The global regulatory landscape is complex and evolving. But compliance without trust is a liability. Simply 'checking a box' on the EU AI Act does not prevent employee resistance or customer backlash if the system is perceived as an opaque 'black box'.
The Cichor Institute reframes governance not as a restriction, but as a tool for building trust. Guidance is designed to create transparency that users can feel. By developing clear policies for human accountability and explainable AI processes, you turn regulatory obligations into a powerful demonstration of your commitment to responsible and trustworthy technology.
Services Include:
AI Governance Framework Design & Implementation: Assistance in establishing transparent governance with clear human accountability, explainable processes, and responsibilities that build both internal and external trust in your AI systems.
Regulatory Compliance Guidance: In-depth analysis of key regulations (e.g., EU AI Act readiness assessments, GDPR implications for AI) and practical steps for compliance.
Technology Strategy & Policy Alignment: Support in ensuring digital and AI strategies are not only innovative but also compliant and strategically sound within the policy context.
Go beyond risk mitigation and build future-proof digital strategies that streamline AI adoption by fostering deep organizational and public trust through clear, demonstrable governance.
Leadership for the Digital Age
The skills that made yesterday's leaders successful are insufficient for a future of human-machine teams. Meanwhile, traditional training methods are failing to build the real-world capabilities needed for this new era.
The Cichor Institute’s advisory is built on one-of-a-kind experimental research. We have designed and studied robot-led teams to understand the new dynamics of human-machine leadership. We have built and validated immersive VR training platforms to accelerate soft-skill development. This provides the institute with an unparalleled, evidence-based understanding of what it truly takes to lead in an automated world.
Services Include:
AI Leadership Development Programs: Delivery of tailored training programs for executives, including signature workshops on leading hybrid human-robot teams and leveraging immersive VR for high-stakes leadership development and decision-making practice.
Emerging Technology Trend Analysis & Horizon Scanning: Identification and analysis of key technological trends (AI, XR, etc.) and their potential long-term impacts on specific sectors.
Strategic Foresight & Scenario Planning Workshops: Facilitation of interactive sessions to explore plausible future scenarios, identify strategic opportunities and threats, and build organizational resilience.
Empower your organization to move beyond adaptation to actively shape the future. Develop agile and ethically aware leaders who can confidently lead in the complex, high-stakes environment of the human-AI interface.
