What happens when you think with AI, not just about AI?

APS Capability Reinvestment Fund Pilot

Earlier this year, Dragonfly Thinking became the first homegrown GenAI system to be piloted by the Australian Public Service. The pilot was delivered in partnership with the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR), AI CoLab, and the APS Academy.

How did Dragonfly’s AI tools help?

  • Risk, Finance & Policy teams surfaced blind spots across agencies

  • Strategy teams developed no-regret actions in live scenarios

  • Digital divisions compressed weeks of research into days

Why did this pilot matter?

Policy teams are under pressure to make better decisions faster, with fewer resources and more uncertainty.

Anthea Roberts speaking for RRR AI Pilot Showcase in front of audience

  • “AI Auto Generate helps to reduce the risk of blind spots in policy analysis.”

    – DISR policy maker

  • “Dragonfly Thinking helped me weigh short-, medium- and long-term trade-offs in Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).”

    – James Balzar, Australian climate and sustainability policy practitioner

  • “Dragonfly’s perspectives analysis lets small risk teams do what used to take much bigger ones—and prevents over-investing in outdated risks.”

    – Chloe Tallentire, Australian public sector risk policy advisor

  • “The holy grail of scenario planning is finding no-regret actions. Enter Dragonfly.”

    – Dr Huw McKay, Former Chief Economist, BHP, now Visiting Fellow at ANU’s Crawford School

  • “Dragonfly expanded the depth of my research by at least 3× and cut discovery time from weeks to days (50–60% reduction).”

    – Eric Nguyen, digital strategist and ACS executive committee member

  • “We need to see AI not just as a tool we use, but as a teammate we co-create with.”

    – Anthea Roberts, Founder of Dragonfly Thinking

How Public Sector Teams Used Dragonfly AI to Think Smarter

Scenario Planning → Strategic Action

Dr Huw McKay used Dragonfly’ Scenarios and his own “Escher Prompt” to map four divergent futures and surface no-regret strategic moves for a multinational company. What normally takes weeks? Done in hours.

Supply Chain Security

Eric Nguyen used Dragonfly to develop a structured, high-impact strategy that multiplied the depth of research (x3) while reducing discovery time by 50–60%. More importantly, he changed the way he worked and thought.

Risk Foresight at Scale

Chloe Tallentire from the Department of Finance used Dragonfly to help build an AI-powered foresight platform to help small agencies surface hidden risks and scale Comcover support to 170+ members.

Blind Spot Detection in Policy

DISR coordinated three live pilots testing Dragonfly on complex challenges, from data centres to hypothetical technology bans. Dragonfly helped teams think outside the box and surface novel information and insights.

Energy Transition Pathways

Climate advisor James Balzer used Dragonfly’s Perspectives view to weigh SDG-aligned trade-offs for Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition bridging predictive modelling and prescriptive strategy.

Key Takeaways

Every team found the same thing, Dragonfly helped them think better and faster. To unlock the full potential of AI in government, we need a mindset shift: from automation to augmentation, from prompts to partnerships, from treating AI as a tool to treating it as a thinking partner.

Chloe Tallentire
Structured Innovation in the APS

As a risk advisor at the Department of Finance, Chloe Tallentire used Dragonfly's Risk, Reward, and Resilience (RRR) framework to co-design practical foresight tools through the AI CoLab.

Her innovation enabled teams to:

• Uncover blind spots missed by traditional approaches

• Integrate internal risk assessments with external global indicators

• Perform structured, collaborative analysis rapidly and effectively

“What makes Dragonfly Thinking unique is its use of Generative AI to guide deep thinking through clear, structured frameworks. Even during the pilot stage, using the platform has helped me identify the best angles of an issue, develop strong hypotheses, and gain stakeholder buy-in for effective problem solving. Highly recommended.”

– Chloe Tallentire, Australian public sector risk policy advisor

James Balzer
Just Energy Transitions

Climate and sustainability expert James Balzer applied Dragonfly Strategy to Indonesia’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). Leveraging Dragonfly’s multi-perspective approach, James clarified short, medium, and long-term trade-offs, creating robust strategies across divergent futures.

“Dragonfly has supported my ability to discern and inform just energy transition opportunities in Indonesia, balancing various SDGs in pursuit of long-term justice.”

– James Balzar, Australian climate and sustainability policy practitioner