Published inSystemSyncopateData entropy and framingI spent five minutes writing down some first-to-mind causes of reduced data quality/utility within a business. There are of course heaps…Mar 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021
Published inSystemSyncopateMy awareness was my creativity.A while back I watched Netflix’s sports documentary, “In Search of Greatness”. It’s a great film that explores the question ‘what makes…Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
Published inSystemSyncopatePossible technology futures.Like everyone, I’ve been talking with friends and colleagues about what we might want to do differently in a post-COVID-19 world. There’s…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Published inSystemSyncopateEggs and Baskets.According to one element of Dan Geer’s super-interesting paper on systemic technology risk ‘The Rubicon’, conducting the same activity…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Published inSystemSyncopateDesigning and embedding logistics data platforms at-scale.The EU’s three year (Sept 2016 to Aug 2019) Aeolix (Architecture for European Logistics Information Exchange) project was developed and…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Published inSystemSyncopateChoose who you areFrom Marcus Aurelius, to Viktor Frankl, Nelson Mandela and Simon Sinek, one key theme runs through much of their work and ideas — being is…Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019
Published inSystemSyncopateStocks and flowsFor the last two years, we at the company I work for have been building a lot of the ‘big rocks’ (technical/data infrastructure) required…Sep 28, 2019Sep 28, 2019
Published inSystemSyncopateTeaching to SeeTeaching to See, a short movie by one of my heroes Edward Tufte, is quite simply amazing.Sep 14, 2019Sep 14, 2019
Published inSystemSyncopateUnrecognised simplicities“There isn’t one novel thought in all of how Berkshire [Hathaway] is run. It’s all about … exploiting unrecognized simplicities… It’s a…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
Designing GDPP Growth.I’m part of a team that’s currently working with some extremely smart, capable and successful business leaders here in New Zealand on…Sep 1, 2019Sep 1, 2019
