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The Unemployables

Nov 14, 2025

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5 min read

The Unemployables

At a certain point in your career, you stop being a candidate and start being a threat.

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Same ingredients, different kitchen

Oct 10, 2025

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5 min read

Same ingredients, different kitchen

Choose a seasoned cook

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The proposal that wasn’t

Aug 1, 2025

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5 min read

The proposal that wasn’t

How do you write a brief if you don't know what's possible?

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Mapping the path to outcome

May 30, 2025

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5 min read

Mapping the path to outcome

When creating AI systems, you need to think in reverse

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Tazzing about

Mar 6, 2025

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4 min read

Tazzing about

From explorations into AI cinema to the dual carriageways of Kent

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Automation vs Augmentation

Feb 27, 2025

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4 min read

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.

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Operation Monorail

Dec 19, 2024

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6 min read

Operation Monorail

The offer is taking shape

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Fear is the mind killer

Dec 13, 2024

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4 min read

Fear is the mind killer

Starting to document my crash-and-burn

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Automating with your tone-of-voice

Nov 29, 2024

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3 min read

Automating with your tone-of-voice

Using generative AI without sounding like a robot

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Five Years

Nov 21, 2024

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5 min read

Five Years

What to expect over the next five years

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Into the mind garden

Oct 3, 2024

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3 min read

Into the mind garden

Your brain is wired to adapt. So let it.

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Too many transcription agents

Aug 22, 2024

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4 min read

Too many transcription agents

Getting overwhelmed by all the AI transcription agents joining your meetings? You're not alone.

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AI made me obsolete

Jun 20, 2024

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3 min read

AI made me obsolete

The only way to stay in the game is to reinvent yourself repeatedly

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Evergreen AI principles

May 2, 2024

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4 min read

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.

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How to become obsolete

Apr 4, 2024

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3 min read

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.

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Successful digital projects

Mar 31, 2023

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4 min read

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

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Forget your digital strategy - do this instead

Mar 17, 2023

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3 min read

Forget your digital strategy - do this instead

An 8 step process for incorporating digital into your existing strategy

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Transformation with a small t

Feb 17, 2023

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2 min read

Transformation with a small t

Often, a small, bottom-up approach can be more effective than a mandate from on-high

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Your organisation exists to serve people's needs

Jan 15, 2023

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5 min read

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

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Digital operations on a budget

Jan 2, 2023

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5 min read

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

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Remote collaboration

Oct 28, 2022

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3 min read

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

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Riding out the clusterfuck

Oct 14, 2022

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3 min read

Riding out the clusterfuck

The socio-economic clusterfuck has us all taking cover under the metaphorical table as the metaphorical nukes go off

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Coping with apocalypse fatigue

Aug 5, 2022

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3 min read

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

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Microbes and the future of work

Jul 16, 2015

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5 min read

Microbes and the future of work

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

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