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Tagged with: #executive-leadership
Posts tagged with #executive-leadership offer strategic insights for C-suite leaders driving AI, cloud, and digital transformation. Explore frameworks to align technology with business goals, enhance decision-making, and foster innovation. From boardroom strategies to scaling enterprise initiatives, these insights empower executives to lead with confidence, build high-performing teams, and create sustainable value in a rapidly evolving global market.
New York |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 15 minute read |
While organisations transfer decision-making agency to AI systems, accountability remains with humans, yet boards approve AI deployment without investing in the verification capability needed to ensure it. In this article, I demonstrate why this creates a strategic choice with measurable consequences: augmentation preserves expertise pipelines whilst achieving efficiency gains, but replacement destroys capabilities that cannot be rebuilt, turning apparent cost reduction into systematic competitive disadvantage.
Llantwit Major |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 17 minute read |
Agentic AI has become this year’s poster child, dethroning generative AI as the technology everyone wants to discuss. Yet fundamental misunderstandings about what agentic systems actually do create barriers to successful adoption. This article demystifies the hype by revealing the core truth: agentic AI is generative AI in a loop, where the machine drives iteration instead of a human, making the strategic question not about technology sophistication but where to consciously transfer decision-making agency from people to systems, and at what scale.
Llantwit Major |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 14 minute read |
Deloitte’s 2025 survey shows 69% of boards discuss AI regularly yet only 33% feel equipped to oversee it, whilst MIT finds workers at over 90% of companies already use shadow AI without governance – exposing the execution gap between strategy and action. In this article, I provide sequenced, mutually reinforcing actions that transform the Complete AI Framework from guiding policy into systematic execution, building compound advantage from Day 1 amnesty through Quarter 4 scaling rather than accumulating another collection of disconnected initiatives.
London |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 15 minute read |
AI governance is fragmenting into incompatible systems — Europe prioritising trust through transparency, America pursuing speed through scale, China maintaining control through integration — forcing Boards to choose rather than compromise. In this article, I explore the sovereignty trilemma and present three strategic stances for navigating these landscapes without fracturing your strategy.
Llantwit Major |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 12 minute read |
New research from MIT provides compelling validation for the AI adoption challenges I’ve been highlighting since 2024: whilst organisations are investing billions of dollars in generative AI, only 5% successfully move from pilot to production. The study confirms what I’ve observed first-hand — the difference between transformation and experimentation lies in coherent governance, not technology capability.
Limassol |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 16 minute read |
Even the most meticulously crafted AI business case can fail at the final hurdle - securing Board buy-in. With research showing 88% of AI pilots never reach production, effective presentation isn’t just about gaining initial approval but establishing the path to full implementation. This final article in my series explores how to present AI investment proposals to Boards, addressing their six key areas of concern while building the stakeholder confidence necessary for successful transformation. By understanding Board dynamics, anticipating objections, and structuring presentations that balance strategic vision with implementation rigour, you can navigate the critical journey from business case to production-scale AI.
Seattle |
Published in
AI
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Board
| 13 minute read |
In my article The Board in the machine, I argued that “Boards will find that there are no barriers to making the right decisions at the speed of light”. More recently, in AI is transforming governance: Six key Boardroom priorities, I observed that boards “are moving from overseeing hundreds of decisions made per day to millions made per second”. This acceleration of business decision velocity presents both an unprecedented challenge and opportunity for Directors and the Boards they serve.
San Francisco |
Published in
AI
and
Board
| 7 minute read |
While here in San Francisco for a business trip, I got the opportunity to spend time with technology innovators and leaders, and what struck me was the contrast in AI adoption approaches, and openness to transformation using AI compared to my experiences in Europe. A new benchmark report from Gallup has confirmed what many of us in technology leadership have long suspected: Europe’s lag in AI adoption isn’t a matter of insufficient capital – it’s a cultural challenge that runs deep.
London |
Published in
AI
and
Board
| 10 minute read |
I recently spoke with Duncan Jefferies about how businesses can effectively harness generative AI to drive organisational transformation. The resulting AWS executive’s guide to generative AI offers a comprehensive roadmap for business leaders navigating this transformative technology. Here are the key insights and practical steps for organisations looking to unlock the potential of generative AI.
Llantwit Major |
Published in
Board
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Cloud
| 10 minute read |
In my article about not taking your foot off the gas, published just as the world returned to some degree of normality in July 2021, I discussed that the pandemic was the forcing function that challenged businesses to adapt and engage in broad organisational transformation using the cloud, and that it should not be seen as a reason to slow down.
