Read 24 essays , grouped by six pillars below.
Working notes and longer-form thinking from the field. Organised by pillar so you can read by what you actually care about. Published first here, syndicated to LinkedIn later.
Click below on the pillar you are interested in. Each opens the related essays.
01
Agentic AI & Enterprise Architecture
Tiered maturity, deployment patterns, the agent stack for organisations that mean it.
3 essays
- From Assistant to Autonomous Partner: My First Contact With Google's Antigravity
- My Reflections on the AI Agent Playbook
02
AI Governance & EU AI Act
Explainability, accountability, audit trails, regulatory commentary at exec scale.
3 essays
- Data Governance: The Bedrock of Trust and Value
- Every Day Is Data Privacy Day
03
Data Infrastructure & Engineering Practice
Real-time inference, multi-cloud, observability, the technical backbone of AI work.
4 essays
- Reflections on FinOps: Why Your Cloud Bill Is a DataOps Problem
- Serving AI in Real-Time: Architecture for Low-Latency, High-Availability Inference
04
Leadership for CTOs and CDOs
Exec-level guidance for data and AI leaders. How to think about this, not just what to do.
6 essays
- Reflections on the AI-Ready Companies Changing the Game
- The Secret Sauce Is Still a Secret
05
The Human Factor
Teams, talent, transformation, capability transfer. Building people before building code.
4 essays
- The Human Factor in Data and AI
- Tailored Communication for Tech Leaders
06
Field Notes
Conference recaps, tool tests, sector reflections. Lighter cadence, real-time signal.
4 essays
- Field Notes: London Tech Week and VivaTech 2025
- May the Fourth: What Star Wars Teaches Us About Data Projects
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