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
2026
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
The Most Dangerous Status Report Is the One Everyone Is Comfortable With
The governance is running. The reports are flowing. The steering committee met on time, every question got a confident
Why Western Delivery Frameworks Stall in the Middle East (and What to Do Instead)
I remember sitting across from a senior government official in the Gulf, about six weeks into a major transformation
Pre-Mortem: NHS Frontline Productivity Programme
On 1 April 2026, NHS England formally launched the Frontline Productivity Programme. It succeeds the £2 billion Frontline Digitisation