Thoughts...

Rebooting my blog, with a little more focus...

  1. AI isn’t killing consulting. It’s killing time as a proxy for value

    Generative AI isn't making expertise less valuable. It's exposing the flaws in pricing knowledge work by time rather than outcomes.

  2. The future of autonomous driving is not on public roads

    The biggest advances in autonomous driving are likely to happen in controlled industrial environments long before fully autonomous vehicles become commonplace on public roads.

  3. Copilot Cowork just got a price tag

    I looked at my own Copilot Cowork usage and the numbers surprised me. So how can we control costs in a world of variable pricing for generative and agentic AI?

  4. The quiet dystopia of modern work

    A reflection on how modern work is occasionally drifting towards one-way communication, performative meetings, and AI-mediated leadership.

  5. What exactly is a Frontier Firm?

    Microsoft has been talking about “Frontier Firms” in its AI communications. But what does the term actually mean, and what does it say about how organisations may work in the age of AI?

  6. “AI Eats the World”

    Reflections on Benedict Evans’ “AI Eats the World” presentation – exploring platform shifts, AI investment, and the long path from experimentation to real-world impact.

  7. AI outcomes, not AI hype: reflections from a PyData panel

    Reflections from a PyData Milton Keynes panel - and why AI success depends less on hype and more on trusted data, strong platforms and measurable outcomes.