17 April 2026
On Building Things That Last
A reflection on gratitude, family, work, and the slow foundations required to build a life that can hold weight.
This is a blog about data and digital transformation, leadership, systems, building, projects, life, and the discipline required to make sense of a noisy world.
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10 April 2026
Service as Software
Why AI may shift the real constraint from tools and output to expertise, culture, and creativity.
03 April 2026
Crustafarianism and the question we’re not ready to ask about AI
What an emergent AI religion reveals about memory, identity, and meaning in modern systems.
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Data and digital transformation
Writing on data platforms, analytics and transformation.
20 March 2026
The Data Werewolf: Why conversations about data are so difficult
Why conversations about data in organisations often become strangely difficult, and what it reveals about leadership, culture, and trust.
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Systems and architecture
Architecture, engineering thinking and systems design.
10 April 2026
Service as Software
Why AI may shift the real constraint from tools and output to expertise, culture, and creativity.
03 April 2026
Crustafarianism and the question we’re not ready to ask about AI
What an emergent AI religion reveals about memory, identity, and meaning in modern systems.
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Building things
Thoughts on creating products, making, and experimentation.
17 April 2026
On Building Things That Last
A reflection on gratitude, family, work, and the slow foundations required to build a life that can hold weight.
13 March 2026
Starting a blog
Why I’m starting a blog about data, leadership, systems, and building things that last.
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Life and discipline
Reflections on discipline, philosophy and personal growth.
27 March 2026
The Cost of Living
A short reflection on what we mean when we talk about the cost of living, and what gets lost in the language.