I listened to Peter Hinssen‘s talk at a Gartner Symposium in 2014.  I then read his book – “The Network Always Wins: How to survive in the Age of Uncertainty” and it had a big impact on my thinking. Hinssen explores what it means to live in a hyper-connected, digital world and how the structures of companies, institutions...

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle” – Steve Jobs. It was obvious that Eben Upton had no intension of ‘settling’ when I first met him – a precociously talented eighteen year old who took a year out to...

He’s the leader of a great organisation but people tell him he’s got to digitalize his business. What does this even mean? Things still seem OK. He understands his customer and the market. He knows and loves his products. He’s run a tight ship and kept his shareholders and auditors happy for years. Assets are...

I met up with former colleagues yesterday to reminisce about the great times we had working together as a team. They reminded me of a speed dating session we ran last summer. We knew we were facing some high stakes challenges and needed to top up our resilience. You can survive most things if there is a...

I’ve been thinking about Digital Me and how many identities I really need.. I started my working life at about the same time as Tim Berners Lee was inventing the World Wide Web. The IBM PC was still an exotic thing and I didn’t own one. Before these inventions rocked the world, I had a brief period...

I’m interested in the trade off that people make when they click on ‘Accept Terms and Conditions’ and configure a new app. What risk do they take for the value they get? As a CIO I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about cyber risk from the perspective of the corporation. I’ve spent much less time thinking about...