The Agent Era Isn’t Coming. It's here and it’s Already Messy. I spent an interesting evening at an agentic AI meetup with old friends Mark Pesce and John Allsop in the wilds of Waterloo in a brewery the other night. It really got me thinking about
People keep asking me: “What do we actually do about AI governance?”
I have long thought that data governance has a brand problem. Inside many organizations it still sounds like control, cost, and constraint, not value. Even when the underlying work is critical, the label “data governance” often lands with executives as bureaucracy: steering committees, policies, and standards that slow things down.
Time has always felt a bit … theoretical to me. People talk about “ten minutes” or “next week” as if these are solid, tangible things you can hold in your hand and stack neatly in a calendar. For those of us with ADHD, time is usually either “now” or “not now”
I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston back in June 2024 about AI, innovation and the future. I have been thinking a lot about this topic in the time since 2024 and now in early 2026. The future direction of Artificial Intelligence is not just
Back in late 2024, after a decade as Chief Data and Insights Officer at UNSW Sydney, and more than a decade working at UNSW, I decided it was time to leave. It was a big step. It was scary to leave the comfort of a role and place I'
One of the more "amusing" things about having ADHD for me is that I lose things. Not usually irrevocably, but they disappear for long periods and then mysteriously reappear. A while back I lost my bottle of Vyvanse tablets and I could not find them anywhere. Then while
As is my tradition I do my annual bingo card at the start of the new year to deal with my existential dread. Herewith my 2026 bingo card. I’ll be doing a wrap up on my 2025 BingoCard shortly.
Was on the Technology & Security Podcast with the smart and lovely Miah Hammond-Errey just before Christmas 2024 - have been meaning to share the link. Miah and I had a great chat where we traced my path from defending shopping centre digital systems against cyber threats to building higher
Reflection on how colonialism shaped the modern world and my Australian family story, built on both convict and migrant histories and Indigenous dispossession.
As I contemplate 2025 while sitting in the shade in the tropics 🏝️ on vacation, I realise how precious are the networks of relationships and friendships I have been lucky enough to accumulate. These are the many people who’ve helped me along the way, and whom I have also tried
In the history of business, technology has always been the driver of change, from stone tools to the internet. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is simply the most recent, and arguably among the most powerful, addition to this long line of technologies. However, like every revolutionary technology that came before it, its