
January, again
A new year comes around, and we intend (but mostly pretend) to start afresh.
Writing about the practice and paradoxes of data analytics, innovation and strategy with inevitable coverage of AI and digressions in philosophy, knitting and reading.
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A new year comes around, and we intend (but mostly pretend) to start afresh.

A Theory of Mind helps, but don’t feel too good about it
What Frankenstein Really Tells Us About AI

AI for helplines is not only about crises

Who gets to decide what counts as authentic spiritual guidance?

Back in 2013, my friend Gísli Rafn Ólafsson wrote an excellent book - The Crisis Leader - based on his experience as a technologist (I first met him at Microsoft), as a rescue worker with the renowned Icelandic mountain rescue teams and as a disaster manager with NetHope, a consortium of NGOs who co-ordinate emergency responses worldwide.

Come for a walk with me.

Rethinking a New York landmark

In my last post, AI Fast and Slow, I explored how AI adoption moves along different timelines (corporate, systemic, and personal), each with its own rhythm, pressures, and shocks.

I feel like I have been reading recently quite contradictory observations about the pace of AI development and adoption.