Month: August 2025
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Using AI for simulation and scenario planning in strategy
One of the most eye-opening ways in which AI engines have opened up new possibilities in my work has been through the ability to use them in simulation and scenario planning. It’s enabled me to do things that were previously not an
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Transforming systems and thinking differently
I once did a fascinating project with the operations team of a big pharma business helping them to understand how they could combine agile ways of working with Lean manufacturing techniques. As part of the research for it I did a dive
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On the limitations of AI
As much as everyone is getting excited about what AI can do, it’s also important to understand the limitations of AI and where there remains a gap between machine and human capabilities. I wrote a LinkedIn post a while back on this but I
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Separating fads from trends, and the second and third order effects of AI
‘Don’t be the dog that barks at every passing car’ Richard Wheldon How should we separate major underlying shifts in technology from the fads that come and go? How do we identify which trends will be long-lasting and high-impact, and which are over-hyped