Don’t Outsource Agentic Capability Design

For the past couple of weeks, I have been interviewing senior function heads and operational leaders in a large hi-tech firm as part of an AI literacy programme. What struck me most was not their enthusiasm for AI, but the degree to which they already know what they...

Embrace the Human to Overcome the AI Capability Absorption Gap

The Capability Absorption Gap in enterprise AI is widening, not narrowing, as model and tool development outstrips the ability of incumbent business leaders to adapt to what it makes possible. Adoption programmes are not cutting it, and their focus on getting people...

Agents of Progress or Agents of Chaos?

The OpenClaw moment we covered a few weeks ago was a wild ride. But in the age of YOLO, Hodl and r/wallstreetbets, it should come as no surprise that there is an apparently limitless supply of people willing to hand over control of their personal computer to AI agents...

Re-Focusing Leadership on AI Readiness & Enablement

Why Focus on AI-Enabled Organisational Change Rather Than Just Technology? As we look ahead to another year of rapid technology-driven change in business and society, it is a good moment to separate the wood from the trees and focus on medium-term goals. Generative AI...