Writing – Transformation

6 May 2026 5 min read AI Transformation People

Ideas Were Never the Bottleneck

When the technical translation barrier collapses, the talent pipeline widens. The organisations that notice first will compound an advantage.

Bayeux-tapestry-style triptych. Left panel, MVLTI HABENT CONSILIA PAVCI SCRIBVNT, shows a single scribe at a desk while a queue of robed figures holding manuscripts waits at the door. Centre panel, ARTIFEX VNVS OPERA MVLTA, shows a lone craftsman at a high desk surrounded by townspeople clutching scrolls. Right panel, OMNES SCRIBVNT MAGISTER PROBAT, shows a master at a podium overseeing many people writing at their own lecterns. Decorative borders of foxes, keys, books, scrolls, lanterns and hammers run top and bottom.

15 April 2026 13 min read AI Transformation

The Disposable Masterpiece

Why everything I build with AI has an expiry date. The artefact is the vehicle; the understanding of your problem space is the asset that compounds.

Bayeux-tapestry-style triptych of medieval craft scenes. Left panel, ARTIFEX OPVS VETERVM CVSTODIT, shows a carpenter in a workshop guarding his old tools and finished work. Centre panel, MELIORA FERRAMENTA EXPECTANT, shows a robed figure holding a scroll and waiting by an idle forge and scales for better tools to arrive. Right panel, SCIENTIA MANET DVM FERRVM MVTATVR, shows blacksmiths hammering glowing iron at an anvil beside a roaring furnace, knowledge persisting while the iron is reforged. A decorative border of hourglasses, knives, hammers and tongs runs along the bottom.

23 March 2026 6 min read Personal Transformation

Sunlight: One Design System, Many Surfaces

How a shared set of design tokens powers a Flutter app, a personal website, and a smart mirror — and why changing a single variable updates them all.

Medieval triptych illustration in Bayeux Tapestry style. Left panel: painters without standards argue over mismatched colours, captioned 'PICTORES SINE NORMA PINGVNT'. Centre panel: a craftsman juggles scattered pigments, captioned 'COLORES SPARSI, OPVS CONFVSVM'. Right panel: scribes work from a single open book of design tokens, captioned 'EX VNO FONTE OMNIA FLVVNT'.

14 January 2026 1 min read Transformation

Don't Send a Knight to Do a Wizard's Job

Strategic planning often feels like stitch-work. Then you hit the battlefield.

Bayeux Tapestry style illustration of a king in green robes directing three armoured knights at a wooden table. The table is divided into neat organised blocks labelled Petra Structura and cloudy undefined shapes labelled Nebula Informis. Medieval buildings and trees frame the scene.

7 January 2026 7 min read AI Transformation

The Gutenberg Parallel

Gutenberg assembled existing components into a transformative tool. LLMs follow the same pattern - and the gatekeepers who built them may not benefit most.

Bayeux Tapestry-style triptych showing three scenes of the printing press era: a bishop blessing monks operating a printing press (ECCLESIA PRELA BENEDICIT), printed pages flying freely without an owner (SCRIPTA VOLANT SINE DOMINO), and figures debating outside a cathedral and castle as citizens read freely (QVI NVNC DOMINANTVR - Who are the masters now?)

17 December 2025 8 min read Transformation Process Improvement AI People

Change Management is Dead; Long Live Change Enablement

Why the 18-month waterfall change programme can't keep pace with 18-day AI update cycles. And what to build instead. How many times has the AI...

9 October 2025 6 min read AI Transformation

The AI Strategy Paradox

For any leader in a sector like publishing, the discourse around Artificial Intelligence presents a frustrating paradox. On one hand, major...

1 October 2025 7 min read AI Transformation

The New Enclosure: How AI is Privatising Our Cognitive Commons

The rolling green fields of the British countryside, crisscrossed by ancient hedgerows, evoke an image of timeless tradition. Yet, this landscape...

12 August 2025 4 min read AI Transformation People

The AI Navigator and the IT Shipbuilder: Why Partnership, Not Hierarchy, Is the Key to Success

Companies are racing to appoint AI leaders, a necessary move in an era where AI is set to redefine the competitive landscape. But as organisations...

15 July 2025 6 min read AI Transformation

From Threat to Pillar: Reframing AI's Carbon Footprint as a Sustainability Strategy

AI is not an unavoidable carbon threat. Recent data shows a single query costs 0.03g of CO2. The real opportunity is using AI to cut physical waste.