Technology is only part of the story.
Writing on engineering judgement, the design of work and the conditions that make technology useful.
Notes from the work.
Reflections on trust, technology and the people who make it useful. Selected essays adapted from my LinkedIn series.
Engineering trust into enterprise AI
When AI starts acting in business systems, trust becomes an engineering question. Permissions, assurance and accountability create the conditions for adoption.
Read the essay →When people become the integration layer
Copying, chasing and reconciling are often symptoms of how work has been designed. Digitising a process is only the beginning.
Read the essay →From fascination with technology to engineering leadership
A detour to Apple’s Infinite Loop campus prompted a reflection on how curiosity develops into responsibility for the people who build technology.
Read the essay →From principles to everyday decisions.
Earlier writing on connected data, business alignment and the working environment.
From connected data to a useful AI workflow
My account of an Agentforce workshop attended on behalf of Virgin Media O2. We explored customer-data enrichment and automated sales preparation in a workshop prototype.
The article considers potential benefits and wider data-democratisation principles, rather than reporting measured production outcomes.
Read the essay →Business alignment has to reach everyday decisions
A perspective on shared direction, change ownership and consistent communication across an organisation.
Read the essay →Closing the gap between IT and reality
A reflection on the distance between architecture diagrams and everyday work, and why integration priorities should start with how people actually get things done.
Read on LinkedInTransforming How Your Business Works is the Key to Attracting Engineering Talent
Written during my time at Slack, this piece explores the connection between the working environment, technical talent and collaboration.
Read at EM360TechHow IT leads can build a high-performing environment for sales teams
A contribution on connecting tools, information and colleagues to help sales teams work more effectively. Published as sponsored content while I was at Slack.
Read at CIOThe conversation continues.
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