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AI - everyone is talking about it. I delivered forty keynotes on the topic in 2023, making it my most requested keynote topic of the...

Often technology strategies fail to resonate with their broader organisation. Earlier this month, I was chatting with an industry friend...

I met with over 100 CIOs in 2023, and the nature of our conversations differed from the beginning to the end of the year. The 2024...

Season greetings! While working at Microsoft within International IT, I learned how the Gates Foundation was ending the poverty...

Many countries worldwide remain close to full employment. Australia forecasts the unemployment rate to be around 4.25% in 2025 due to a...

Off-sites - some people love them, others dread them. Regardless, everyone wants them to be a valuable use of time with sensible...

In the business realm, Design Thinking, Lean Start-Up, and Agile often cause confusion due to their interchangeable use, necessitating a...

Walter Isaacson detailed the history of Silicon Valley in a book called The Innovators. It’s one of my favourite books, and I summarised...

Over a decade ago, I began working with Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1994/6). I wrote Finding a Better Way with one...

Precision Questioning (PQ) is an intellectual toolkit developed at Stanford University for critical thinking and problem-solving. Bill...

A long-time industry friend rang me the other week to say they were considering a new role. It wasn’t a traditional CIO role of managing...

A few weeks ago, I met with a former senior colleague, whom I deeply respect and have learned much from. We always have great...

As a former CIO and Digital Executive, I understand and empathise with any technology executive when it comes to balancing their time....

Ask an AI tool anything, and you’ll receive a reasonably good answer. Here are some AI predictions. In the past, many have engaged...

“What do you think I need to do?” That is one of the most common questions I have been asked over the last five years as I have supported...

Australia is forecasting 650,000 immigrants by the middle of 2024, lots of international talent! My wife is the daughter of Greek...

Many of us will take on leadership roles within organisations as we progress in our careers. Often, our previous role will have been...

What do I mean by Randomisation in the workplace? Randomisation is when an employee becomes involved in too many activities. Sometimes...

Throughout my career, I have seen extraordinary achievements, “recovered initiatives,” and some things that didn’t realise their...

Welcome to 2023 😊 I have had a fabulous summer spending close to three weeks with my family and doing things I love … a vacation to...