technology advisors and investors
For many CTOs, conversations with the board can feel like parallel monologues, with each side speaking, but not quite connecting. It’s not that the Board isn’t interested in technology. In fact, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and data privacy are now regularRead more
Agile software development, with its iterative, collaborative approach, has been dominant feature of software engineering practice for the over a decade now. Born out of the need to adapt to evolving requirements and deliver value to customers quickly, Agile turnedRead more
I reached out to a colleague of mine recently to help me with a job specification we were creating for a role in anther company. She didn’t immediately have anything relevant, but she sent me back the output from ChatGPT,Read more
As any founder will tell you, raising money is hard work. Having worked on fundraising at all stages, I believe that the hardest money to raise is your first seed round. This is for three reasons: this is your firstRead more
An interesting fact about the top 20 retailers in the 2015 UK Omnichannel Retail Index (ORI) is that most of them are now struggling or gone completely. Indeed the number 1 spot in that year was taken by Mothercare, theRead more
An old friend and colleague reminded me that I have been remiss in not posting recently, for which I apologise. In my defense, I’ve spent most of the last year with early-stage technology companies. And of course, I’ve posted previously onRead more
I’m joining a session in a few week’s time looking at the lessons that large firms can learn from Startups. It reminds me of a talk I did in 2013 to technology professionals in Higher Education. The focus of theRead more
As many businesses move from the peak of inflated expectations down into the trough of disillusionment with their first forays into digital transformation, what learnings can we draw out on the dos and don’ts of digital? In a previous post, I said that it’s aRead more
I should start by saying that it’s not an easy time to be a large, established, publicly-quoted business. But there came a time when it was not an easy time being a dinosaur either. In the 1960’s and 70’s, beingRead more
I joined an excellent workshop this week looking at how organisations think about their journey to the cloud. There is a need to move beyond a simplistic “everyone else is doing it” rationale. But to create a compelling case forRead more