Field notes from the work
What we are seeing across strategy, people, deals and the machinery of trustworthy AI.
Where the agents sit
AI agents are taking on real work with real autonomy. The org chart has to answer for them the way it answers for people: one owner, a written scope, and a review that actually happens.
Mandatory is no longer a rumour
The Australian Standards for AI are headed for legislation in early 2027. The organisations that treat this quarter as a head start will not regret it.
Agents through gates, not vibes
AI agents are leaving the demo stage. The organisations deploying them safely all share one habit: nothing ships on a good feeling.
No number a model made up
We built a financial analysis platform on one non-negotiable rule. It changed how we think about AI in serious software.
ISO 42001 is quietly becoming table stakes
While Australia decides what to mandate, the certifiable standard for AI management is filling the vacuum one procurement questionnaire at a time.
The first ninety days
Turnarounds are not won by the grand plan. They are won by cash control, sequence and honesty, in that order.
Your data room is telling buyers more than you think
Long before the price conversation, your data room has already had one. Sell-side readiness is deciding what it says.
The org chart that lies
Every organisation has two structures: the one in the chart and the one the work actually flows through. Design for the second one.
"No AI Act" is not "no rules"
The National AI Plan shelves a standalone AI law. The obligations did not go anywhere.
Evidence over impressions
A proper psychological assessment is a structured investigation, not a conversation with a form attached.
A model your board can interrogate
The purpose of a financial model is not to predict the future. It is to make an argument that survives cross-examination.
Roadmaps from people who have shipped
A transformation plan is a promise about the future. It is worth asking whether the people who wrote it have ever kept one.
Culture is behaviour, repeated
You cannot declare a culture. You can only change what happens on an ordinary Tuesday, and keep it changed.
If any of this lands close to home, the conversation is free and the numbers will be honest.
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