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Governance.

How risk, decision-making, and accountability behave when the technology underneath the decision changes faster than the framework above it.

12 June 20264 min
The Dependency Your Board Never Priced
28 May 20264 min
The Data Is Not the Gap
24 May 20266 min
The Governance Failure Nobody Called Treason
22 May 20264 min
The Reporting Layer Is the Last Thing to Fail
19 May 20266 min
You Cannot Buy Your Way Out of a Foundational Problem
18 May 20264 min
The Virtual Ward Sitting in Plain Sight
15 May 20264 min
Your Board Is Flying Blind on Complaints Data
13 May 20266 min
The Patient Owns the Record. The Patient Is Not the Controller.
5 May 20265 min
Five pages, five different slogans, and one source of truth.
29 April 20265 min
The Other Side Always Has Better Records
15 April 20265 min
Your Baseline Was Contaminated Before the Project Began
8 April 20265 min
The Benefits Case Was Wrong, and the User Researcher Knew It
1 April 20265 min
Benefits Theatre: Why Your Business Case Is Still Waterfall
25 March 20265 min
Your Board Is Making AI Governance Decisions Whether It Knows It Or Not
25 February 20265 min
Sonos Sacked Its CEO Over an App Update. Your AI Rollout Is the Same Decision.
18 February 20265 min
The Billion-Pound Problem Your Board Has Never Discussed
11 February 20265 min
The Compliance Dashboard Nobody Reads
4 February 20265 min
The Service That Worked Because It Did Not Assume Its User
28 January 20265 min
The Theory-First Product Hire Is a Governance Risk
22 January 20266 min
When the Accountable Person Is You
15 January 20266 min
Two Boards, One Tenant, No Conversation
8 January 20264 min
The Blue Badge Renewal Form Is a Governance Failure