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Technology.
Strategy. Change.
I write to test ideas, connect disciplines and make emerging shifts useful to leaders making decisions now.
My two publications explore how technology reshapes our world, and how we choose, lead and act within it.
My two publications.
Beyond the First Order
Exploring how technological innovation reshapes economies, competitive advantage, organisations, markets and life.
Recent articles
View allPost-Quantum Resilience: The Problem Isn’t Just the Algorithm
Why quantum-resistant cryptography is also a test of how organisations build, govern and change their digital infrastructure.
NVIDIA’s Strategy: Adapting to Stay Essential
What happens when a company’s customers develop alternatives to its most valuable product?
Digital Infrastructure Is Becoming One System and Resilience is Now the Unifying Challenge
The attack surface is expanding, threats are intensifying, and the protection horizon is lengthening. This is the clear pattern
Strategy in the Face of Chaos
Strategy and leadership in a world shaped by uncertainty and technological change. I examine how organisations make choices, create advantage and turn ideas into action.
Recent articles
View allYour Strategy Has No Competitors
Surprisingly, most strategic plans describe the organization in motion and everyone else standing still. Many strategies are built around an oddly peaceful future. The company launches a new product. Customers adopt it. Revenue grows. Costs fall. Market share increases. Competitors remain exactly where they were.
No, you can’t budget your way to a strategy
A business can be very clear about the financial results it wants and surprisingly unclear about how it intends to achieve them.
If You Were Founding Your Business Today, Would You Build It the Same Way?
AI is changing the economics of building companies. It should also change the questions leaders ask about strategy, investment and reinvention.
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