AI
Getting started with generative AI for charities on a budget
In this article, we will explore some of the ways you can begin to create generative AI content without breaking the bank.
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.
Future
How to predict the future
Projected futures based on the current state of things, or how things have been in the recent past, are poor predictors of the actual future. Randomness shouldn't be underestimated.
Work
Successful digital projects
The role leaders play in getting successful digital projects going - how to create the right environment, build the right teams, and select the right partners.
Work
Forget your digital strategy - do this instead
An 8 step process for incorporating digital into your existing strategy.
Work
Transformation with a small t
Often, a small, bottom-up approach can be more effective than a mandate from on-high.
Work
Your organisation exists to serve people's needs
It’s easy to lose sight of the point of having an organisation in the first place.
Work
Digital operations on a budget
I've been spending time looking at what you can do to upgrade your digital operations if you're on a shoestring budget.
Decentralisation
The fediverse - social media vs social contract
The fediverse is a collection of thousands of independent social media servers that communicate with each other seamlessly, operating like a single social network.
Decentralisation
Remote collaboration
As someone who's successfully worked remotely for the last 8 years or so, if there is poor collaboration or creativity, it's down to the business approach rather than the physical location of the participants.
Metacrisis
Riding out the clusterfuck
The socio-economic clusterfuck has us all taking cover under the metaphorical table as the metaphorical nukes go off.
Metacrisis
Coping with apocalypse fatigue
There’s been so much bad news for such a long time, with no clear way to make things better, it’s easy to get worn out by it all.
Automation
What should you automate?
Automation operates on tasks, not entire jobs.
Innovation
Innovation - it's economics all the way down
Innovation occurs in the dizzying interplay of forces across all levels of society.
Algorithms
Decision models and trust
I’m interested in why decision models are important, now and in the unfolding future.
AI
In the future, who wants advertising?
In the future, who wants advertising?
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.
Future
Microbes and the future of work
I like to think of businesses as organisms. It can sometimes make complex change easier to grasp.
Agents
On artificial reality
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