Notes from a connected world
Ideas
How I think and teach across software, business, learning and creative work. Explore practical notes across five connected topics, alongside talks and workshops in the Speaking archive.
Start here
Three ways in, depending on what you need next.
5 of 9 pieces
Clear filters
How to start with AI when you’re not a “tech person”
Begin with a clearer question, not a better tool. Three small experiments you can run this week.
Build the boring thing first
Every AI project that failed in front of me failed because someone skipped the spreadsheet.
A simple system for a focused life
The tools, habits and small refusals that keep the work honest when everything is urgent.
Make complex ideas easier to use
A practical approach to teaching what matters — and to cutting what doesn’t.
More time for what truly matters
Technology should return something valuable: attention. A note on what I want it to buy.
Put an idea to work
Reading is a start. A talk, a programme or a project is how an idea changes the way your team works.