ai
Data is changing: static to flowing
Data is no longer a static by-product; it is a flowing asset that powers automation and AI. When it is poorly governed, AI amplifies the problems - so managing data and its risks is now a strategic imperative.
business
agentic ai
AI Agents Are Here: How Memory, Emergence, and Governance Will Make or Break the Agent Era
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
data governance
Data Governance needs a rebrand
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.
ai
Agentic AI: How Voice-Driven Agents Are Changing the Way We Use Apps
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
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What NEDs need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Expert Systems
By Kate Carruthers & Kobi Leins "What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people." - Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of the first chatbot, 1964 What is AI? ‘Artificial Intelligence’ is a term
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AI and autonomous everything
I spoke at the Front End of Innovation (FEI) Conference in Boston the week of 10 June about AI, innovation and the future. This post is part of a distillation of my thoughts. The future direction of Artificial Intelligence is not just AI in and of itself. It is as
data
Directors care about ESG now!
Was delighted to be on a panel, chaired by the amazing Gladwin Mendez, at the Corinium Global Intelligence Chief Data and Analytics Officer conference on 8 May 2024. Our panel discussed ESG: What’s measured is managed. Nowadays relevant, timely and accurate data is critical to drive an organization'
ai
What NEDs need to know about AI and cyber security
By Kate Carruthers & Kobi Leins Note: this is a republication of a old piece that Kobi and I wrote as our old website has now gone away. AI and Cybersecurity Cybersecurity has been on our radar for some time as an important factor of which company directors need to
civil society
Chat GPT changes everything (and some of it is bad)
The world has been on the brink of revolutionary technological change for a while now and Chat GPT and related generative AI technologies might just have tipped us over into a brave new world. Ordinary folks are starting to see the power and possibilities with AI. We are about to
social computing & social media
Advice on building your own ecosystem
The plight of folks who build their online business worlds on the whimsy of a bunch of faceless corporations is on my mind as Twitter appears to be imploding before our eyes. It is very imprudent to build your business or personal brand on a platform that is subject to
ideas
Critical conversations at work
Managing people is a skill I've been a manager for over twenty years now, managing teams ranging in size from 2 to 263. One thing that I have learned is that if you want to do anything big then you need to work through other people to achieve
management & leadership
Future proof your career - some tips for women
Spoke at a women in technology conference recently on the topic of how to future proof your career. It might seem strange that I hardly mentioned technology at all in this talk. But the essentials for a long career are mostly outside of technology. Any intelligent person can pick up