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From Citizen Developers to Citizen Operators
What happens when AI democratises not just software development, but the redesign of work itself?
 • Cerys Hearsey
Should Enterprises Worry About an AI Bubble?
A review of the arguments around over-valued AI firms and what this might mean for enterprise AI based on lessons from previous stock market bubbles
 • Lee Bryant
Agentic AI Challenges Workforce Planning; but it Could also Re-invent it
A new way to think about workforce planning as expertise moves between people and AI agents.
 • Cerys Hearsey
Agentic AI, Harness Engineering and Organisational Architecture
Harness engineering matters, but the organisational architecture that sits above agents, models, and harnesses remains the most important source of…
 • Lee Bryant

July 2026

The Emerging Need for AI Operationalisation
Rather than one-off pilots and deployments, organisations need to develop their AI transformation system as a repeatable capability
 • Cerys Hearsey
Open Models, Technology Diffusion & the Shift from Renting to Owning AI
Kimi K3 shows open models can compete with the best, and might provide a better foundation for enterprises as they shift from renting to owning their AI…
 • Lee Bryant
Designing for Bounded Autonomy
A new leadership design challenge for organisations when rethinking how authority flows.
 • Cerys Hearsey
The Token Apocalypse & Agentic Ecosystem Design
How can simple agents and small models can create a more reliable form of agentic intelligence than continued reliance on frontier models for everything
 • Lee Bryant

June 2026

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