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Phil Dearson

Phil Dearson

Hi there! I'm Phil Dearson - an idealistic skeptic creating systems for independence. I've advised over 200 organisations across almost every industry.
What should you automate?
Automation

What should you automate?

Automation operates on tasks, not entire jobs.
Innovation - it's economics all the way down
Innovation

Innovation - it's economics all the way down

Innovation occurs in the dizzying interplay of forces across all levels of society.
Decision models and trust
Algorithms

Decision models and trust

I’m interested in why decision models are important, now and in the unfolding future.
A neo-commonwealth
Decentralisation

A neo-commonwealth

The internet has started to seem increasingly centralised, with power and control resting in the hands of a few organisations - corporate and governmental.
In the future, who wants advertising?
AI

In the future, who wants advertising?

In the future, who wants advertising?
Microbes and the future of work
Future

Microbes and the future of work

I like to think of businesses as organisms. It can sometimes make complex change easier to grasp.
On artificial reality
Agents

On artificial reality

Welcome to this content item.
Blockchain - seizing the means of transaction
Decentralisation

Blockchain - seizing the means of transaction

The blockchain enables decentralised, programmatic authentication of a database transaction, requiring no intermediary.
Trace Bodies - the metamorphosis of digital identity
Identity

Trace Bodies - the metamorphosis of digital identity

Today, on the internet, everybody knows you’re a dog.
Mesh - what happens if you connect everything?
Networks

Mesh - what happens if you connect everything?

The Mesh is coming. It will be chaotic as there are no common standards such as those that permit the internet to operate.