Base Operations
Tazzing about
From explorations into AI cinema to the dual carriageways of Kent.
Work
Automation
Automation vs Augmentation
I've been watching the business world tear itself apart over automation versus augmentation. It's like watching two groups argue whether a knife is for cutting or slicing.
Work
Operation Monorail
The offer is taking shape.
Work
Fear is the mind killer
Starting to document my crash-and-burn.
AI
Automating with your tone-of-voice
Using generative AI without sounding like a robot.
Future
Five Years
What to expect over the next five years.
Future
Into the mind garden
Your brain is wired to adapt. So let it.
AI
Too many transcription agents
Getting overwhelmed by all the AI transcription agents joining your meetings? You're not alone.
AI
AI made me obsolete
The only way to stay in the game is to reinvent yourself repeatedly.
AI
Evergreen AI principles
In the trough of disillusionment, general negativity is to be expected. The genie is out of the bottle so we should get on with adapting to it.
Future
How to become obsolete
People are worried about becoming obsolete. They want to know what to do to prevent that eventuality. It can be useful to think about a problem in reverse.
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
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.