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Reading Room

Over the years, I’ve read a lot of books, the very best make it onto my Reading Room list here. I’m still going back through the bookshelves, so I’ll be updating the Reading Room regularly:

TitleAuthorLast ReadFirst Purchased
The Visual Display of Quantitative InformationEdward TufteJanuary 2026January 2026The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Boom: Bubbles and the End of StagnationByrne Hobart & Tobias HuberDecember 2025August 2025Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
Antifragile: Things that Gain from DisorderNassim TalebAugust 2025February 2014Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in BusinessDouglas W. HubbardNovember 2024February 2016How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business
Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic ThinkingFoster Provost & Tom FawcettAugust 2024July 2023Data Science for Business: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AIEthan MollickApril 2024April 2024Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
The Coming Wave: AI, Power and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest DilemmaMustafa Suleyman with Michael BhaskarNovember 2023November 2023The Coming Wave: AI, Power and the Twenty-First Century’s Greatest Dilemma
Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial IntelligenceAjay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi GoldfarbApril 2023April 2023Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
If It′s Smart, It′s VulnerableMikko HypponenAugust 2022August 2022If It′s Smart, It′s Vulnerable
The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize EverythingMatthew BallJuly 2022July 2022The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything
Being DigitalNicholas NegroponteJuly 2022January 1995Being Digital
Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board DirectorBrian StaffordJanuary 2022January 2022Governance in the Digital Age: A Guide for the Modern Corporate Board Director
Phoenix Project: A Novel About It, Devops, And Helping Your Business WinGene KimJune 2021July 2015Phoenix Project: A Novel About It, Devops, And Helping Your Business Win
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic MarketingHarvard Business ReviewJune 2021May 2021HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel KahnemanDaniel KahnemanDecember 2020November 2020Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman
HBR's 10 Must Reads on StrategyHarvard Business ReviewApril 2019April 2019HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy
HBR's 10 Must Reads on LeadershipHarvard Business ReviewApril 2019April 2019HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
HBR's 10 Must Reads on InnovationHarvard Business ReviewApril 2019April 2019HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation
The Startup Way: How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives GrowthEric RiesSeptember 2019September 2019The Startup Way: How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth
HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine AgeHarvard Business ReviewNovember 2019November 2019HBR's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics, and the New Machine Age
Ahead in the Cloud: Best Practices for Navigating the Future of Enterprise ITStephen OrbanApril 2018April 2018Ahead in the Cloud: Best Practices for Navigating the Future of Enterprise IT
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About Me

I'm a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IoD) with three decades bridging software engineering, entrepreneurial leadership, and enterprise transformation. As Head of Applied AI & Emerging Technology Strategy at Amazon Web Services (AWS), I lead how AWS enables its global field organisation and clients to accelerate AI adoption and navigate continuous technological disruption.

An alumnus of the London School of Economics and guest lecturer on the LSE Data Science & AI for Executives programme, I partner with Boards and executive teams to develop the strategic fluency and governance disciplines needed to scale advanced technologies responsibly.

My frameworks — the AI Stages of Adoption (AISA), Five Pillars of AI Capability, and Well-Advised — are adopted internationally in enterprise engagements and cited by professional bodies including the IoD.

This work has enabled organisations to move AI from experimentation to enterprise-scale impact, shaping responsible adoption practice across multiple sectors and geographies.

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Cover of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Tufte's seminal work on data graphics remains essential reading for anyone communicating insights to boards and executives - a masterclass in clarity, integrity, and the art of making complex data instantly comprehensible. See what else I've been reading.

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