Let’s (Not) Make Bots In Our Own Image

Approximation & Interpolation It is impossible to ignore the wave of excitement, hype and alarm that the launch of ChatGPT – and its recent adoption by Microsoft as an enhancement to its Bing search engine – has created in the past couple of weeks....

Little Helper, not Big Brother

Amid the AI hype and fear-mongering, there is value today in creating augmentative little helpers in the workplace, rather than trying to simply replace people. We make our tools, and our tools destroy us in a robot uprising make us Amid reports of ChatGPT being used...

The Potential of Data Mesh

Following up on Cerys’ exploration of building data capabilities last week, I want to discuss the potential that a Data Mesh approach holds for businesses to achieve this, compared to more centralised data warehouses and data lakes (or even data lakehouses!). Perhaps...

Gather more data, understand less…

Some thoughts on why orgs find data capabilities and leveraging insights so hard, despite years of investment and initiatives. There probably isn’t a single organisation that has not had a clear strategic imperative to do more with its data in recent years....

In Search of the Best Blend for Hybrid Learning

Some reflections on hybrid learning approaches as L&D teams start rushing back towards face-to-face offline learning delivery The Joys of Travel I did a rare in-person day of executive education this week, after 2 years of exclusively online teaching. It required...