Practical answers to the questions I get asked most often — on AI adoption, digital strategy, board governance, and digital operations.
Shadow AI refers to the use of AI tools within an organisation without formal approval, oversight, or visibility from le…
6 Oct 2026 Board & AdvisoryBoard meetings are expensive — they consume significant time from the company's most experienced people. Run well, they…
29 Sep 2026 Digital StrategyA data strategy is a set of decisions about how an organisation will collect, store, manage, and use data to achieve its…
22 Sep 2026 Digital StrategyProduct-market fit describes the condition where a product meets a genuine, significant market need in a way that create…
15 Sep 2026 AI & TechnologyAn AI policy sets out how employees are expected to use AI tools within the organisation — what's permitted, what requir…
8 Sep 2026 Digital StrategyTech debt refers to the accumulated cost of shortcut decisions made during software development — code written quickly t…
30 Jun 2026 AI & TechnologyMost AI business cases fail not because the idea is wrong, but because they're written for technologists rather than dec…
12 May 2026 Digital StrategyA fractional CDO — or fractional Chief Digital Officer — is an experienced digital executive who works with an organisat…
21 Apr 2026The blog goes deeper on most of these topics — longer pieces with more context and examples.
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