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Extraction vs. Redesign: The Hidden Fork in the Road for AI Leaders
Are we using AI to squeeze more output from yesterday’s structures, or to redesign the architecture of how value is created?
 • Cerys Hearsey
Schrödinger’s Optimism: AI and Productivity Signals
Should we celebrate a small bump in output with lower headcount, or can we lift our eyes to the remarkable opportunity to cultivate extraordinary…
 • Lee Bryant
From Agent Spaghetti to Outcome Architecture
A practical guide to building composable, accountable agentic systems that scale.
 • Cerys Hearsey
How We Survived the Agent Apocalypse
Moltbook may not contain the droids we are looking for, but there is real potential in agentic systems both within the enterprise and in agentic…
 • Lee Bryant

January 2026

Who Decides (and how) with AI at the Table?
When machines ask good questions, it’s leaders who are forced to show their working.
 • Cerys Hearsey
Claude Code, but for Management
AI-enhanced software development has shown what's possible; doing the same for the management of process work is also possible if leaders can focus on…
 • Lee Bryant
Why Does Individual AI Literacy Fail to Translate into Organisational Impact?
Why Enterprise AI demands leadership readiness, not just technical adoption
 • Cerys Hearsey
Re-Focusing Leadership on AI Readiness & Enablement
If Enterprise AI's prize is smarter organisations, then we need leadership functions to engage deeply with AI readiness and steering, rather than just…
 • Lee Bryant

December 2025

Can AI Help Reverse the Oversimplification of Management?
For leaders to be programmers of their organisational OS, they need AI's help in embracing complexity and reality, rather than relying on simplistic…
 • Lee Bryant
Big Picture Leadership Techniques for Human-AI Teaming Readiness
Practical Steps for Leaders to Reduce Drift and Build a Coherent Environment for Centaur Teams
 • Cerys Hearsey
Context Plumbing, Intent Sensing and an AI Reverse Uno on Social Media Feeds?
Enterprise AI looking a better bet than consumer AI, plus some links and ideas about how personal AI agents could help improve both of them
 • Lee Bryant
Leading Collaborative Centaur Teams
How Leaders Design the Language of Collaboration Between People and Agents.
 • Cerys Hearsey
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