Writing
All my writing.
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The AI harness trap - avoiding the next proprietary language
As we build AI-native systems, the temptation to create bespoke engineering harnesses is high. We must balance this strategic leverage against the risk of creating a talent-stagnating, proprietary trap.
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Dont Automate the Coil
A lesson from the Daintree Rainforest on why the best AI and agentic transformations begin by questioning old constraints, not automating them.
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Building adaptive organisations: a reading guide
A guide to the ideas I have been writing about since returning to this blog — technology leadership, organisational adaptability, and creating strategic options in a period of accelerating change.
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Moving fast requires more than speed.
There is a common belief that quality and speed exist in tension. Over many years working with engineering teams, I have found the opposite. Quality is what creates sustainable speed.
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Diversity is not a metric. It is a source of organisational strength.
Diversity is not simply something we measure. It is one of the capabilities that makes organisations stronger — and in a world of increasingly complex problems, it is one of the greatest advantages we can create.