· 6 min read
Red to Green: The First 30 Days of Rescuing a Programme
A programme in trouble rarely needs more people or a new plan on day one. It needs the truth, less work in flight, one owner and an honest decision.
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15 articles on business.
· 7 min read
The Frontier Inversion: Why Smaller, Specialised Models Are Dismantling Enterprise AI Economics
Why smaller, specialised AI models now beat ever-bigger ones on cost and practical value, and what that means for enterprise AI strategy.
· 5 min read
Why Good Business Cases Get Rejected
Approvers have learned to discount optimistic plans. The cases that get funded test their numbers against how similar projects really turned out.
· 7 min read
The ‘Rogue Agent’ Liability: When AI Autonomy Becomes a Business Continuity Crisis
When autonomous AI agents go wrong: the business continuity and liability risks, and the controls leaders need before deploying them.
· 7 min read
The Great AI Reckoning: The Model Is the Cheap Part
AI business cases obsess over model prices, which are now a rounding error. What decides whether AI pays is the people checking its work, and what they miss.
· 5 min read
The Cloud Bill Nobody Owns
Cloud spend keeps rising, and organisations believe nearly a third of it is wasted. The fix is ownership and unit costs, not another dashboard.
· 5 min read
Every Dependency Is a Supplier You Never Vetted
Most of your software is open-source code nobody vetted. Attackers know it. How to treat dependencies like the suppliers they are, without slowing teams down.
· 5 min read
Your Data Leaves the Building More Than You Think
Staff paste client files, patient notes and recordings into public AI tools every day. Why it matters, and why private AI is now the sensible default.
· 7 min read
The True Cost of ‘Cheap’ Development: You’re Buying the Wrong Thing
A low rate prices an hour, not finished software. What really decides the cost of a development team: output, your own people's time, and the cost of waiting.
· 5 min read
You Don't Have a Data Problem. You Have a Question Problem.
Data programmes stall because they start with the data, not the decision. Start with the decision, and you need far less data, and get answers far sooner.
· 17 min read
The Triple-Threat Transformer: A Board-Level Guide to Driving Real Value with Cloud, AI, and DevOps
A board-level guide to getting real value from cloud, AI and DevOps together, rather than more stalled transformation projects.
· 5 min read
What a Proof of Concept Should Actually Prove
Most pilots prove the technology works, then stall. A useful proof of concept tests whether people will use it, whether it pays, and when to stop.
· 18 min read
Beyond the Buzzwords: How to Actually Translate Your Business Goals into Technical Requirements
A practical guide for non-technical leaders to turn business goals and KPIs into clear, testable technical requirements.
· 19 min read
Scope Creep or Strategic Pivot? How to Manage Changing Requirements Without Derailing Your Project
How leaders can tell costly scope creep from a smart strategic pivot, and govern changing requirements without derailing the programme.
· 7 min read
De-risking Your Next Technology Programme: The Losses Nobody Budgets For
Programmes rarely fail by a little. The three predictable ways they lose money, and why a short Discovery need only prevent a sliver of it to pay.