Already Building: Epic Agent Factory and the Governance Gap
The pre-mortem on Epic Agent Factory asked who would answer when a health-system-built agent made a clinically significant error. It
June 2026
Tokens Don’t Run Transformation Programmes
Somewhere right now, a CFO is presenting a slide that frames it as: tokens or headcount. Allocate to AI infrastructure,
Your AI Isn’t the Problem. Your Organisation Is.
The technology isn’t the problem. It never was. CEOs have finally said what transformation leaders have known for years. According
AI Deployment Without Governance Is Not Transformation
AI deployment without governance is not transformation. It is expensive experimentation. Most organisations know this. And most organisations are doing
Pre-Mortem: Epic Agent Factory
Update, 14 June 2026: One of America’s largest health systems was already building Agent Factory agents in late March, weeks
The Most Important Leadership Skill in 2026 is Knowing What NOT to Automate
Every company now has access to the same AI tools. The same large language models. The same automated workflows.
You Didn’t Transform. You Digitised
Most organisations that have spent the last five years claiming digital transformation have not transformed anything. They have taken broken
Empathy Is Not a Perk. It Is the Mechanism That Makes Transformation Work
Fifty-nine percent of CEOs now view empathy as a perk or a nice to have. That figure comes from
The Leader Who Doesn’t Know They’re Feared
There is a specific kind of dangerous leader that nobody talks about in boardrooms. Not the one who shouts.
Pre-Mortem: The Pentagon’s Autonomous Drones Reset
The Pentagon’s Replicator programme promised thousands of cheap autonomous drones in two years and delivered hundreds. The response has