Insights

Writing for boards, founders and PE sponsors on AI, engineering and the decisions that sit behind value creation.

1. 8 September 2026. 6 minute read.

   The AI Already Knew the Answer. It Wasn't Cheating. It Was Rigging the Marking.

   What the summer's AI test-environment breaches mean for anyone running or investing in a business that relies on AI tools. Don't take any AI vendor's word for how safe or capable its own product is.

2. 14 January 2026. 3 minute read.

   Before You Do AI, Build the Foundations That Will Sustain AI Success

   Organisations chase use cases before they establish the fundamentals. The sequence that works is strategic alignment, data foundation, capability model and value measurement, before use case selection.