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Strawberry (Da)Queries, Machines and Possibilitarianism
Analysis of OpenAI's first o1 series release and why this does not risk de-humanising the enterprise - quite the opposite, in fact...
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Lee Bryant
What is Organisational Agility and What Can Leaders do to Cultivate it?
What is the 'agile organisation' and what can we learn from the successes and failures of major organisations in attempting agile transformations?
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Cerys Hearsey
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Lee Bryant
Asking Better Questions
GenAI capabilities are developing faster than organisations can make sense of them. If the only limit to adoption is our imagination, how can we ask…
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Lee Bryant

August 2024

The Importance of Team Development Techniques in Agile, Small-team Structures
As we move towards more small-group structures, monitoring and continuously improving team performance and health should be a management priority
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Cerys Hearsey
Visibility and Legibility in the Connected Company
How multi-agent AI systems could help us overcome one of the main barriers to adopting non-hierarchical organisational management structures
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Lee Bryant
Lessons from Kyocera in integrating tradition with digital transformation
How Kyocera uses structure, culture and capability development to stay ahead in a global, fast-paced market.
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Cerys Hearsey
Don't Let the AGI Soap Opera Overshadow the Practical Applications of Enterprise AI
Let's not make 'perfect' the enemy of the good - there is a great deal we can achieve today with a practical, grounded approach to AI and automation
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Lee Bryant

July 2024

Empowering Your Team with Data: The Key to Agile and Effective Decision Making
How can your organisation leverage data-driven decision making to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world? (Hint: it isn't all about the data...)
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Cerys Hearsey
How Could AI Agents Improve The Co-ordination of Work?
Some links and notes on the huge opportunity to use simple AI agents and services to reduce work co-ordination costs in the enterprise, and disrupt a…
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Lee Bryant
Unlocking Operational Excellence: Building an Intelligent Process Optimisation capability
Learn how to leverage advanced technologies for real-time, adaptive solutions that address slow-moving process change.
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Cerys Hearsey
Small is Beautiful: Cats vs Megamind
The GenAI backlash is here and it is largely justified, but enterprise AI can learn from this with a modular approach that evolves intelligence from…
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Lee Bryant
What can Toyota's Journey Teach us About Automation With a Human Touch?
How the Toyota Production System enables organisational agility and exemplifies a systems approach to getting the best out of people + machines
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Cerys Hearsey
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