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Once upon a time, building trust at work was simple. You turned up, made eye contact, remembered someone’s birthday, nodded sympathetically at the printer and occasionally bought doughnuts. Trust grew through shared oxygen and shared irritation. You did not need an operating model, you just needed a desk and a kettle. Then remote work arrived […]
November 10, 2025
I have developed a habit of scanning the opposite horizon when attention converges too tightly on one idea or trend. It has served me well, mass focus / group think can create distraction which in turn creates blind spots that can be exploited by actors who thrive in the absence of attention. So when I […]
November 8, 2025
Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) becoming the corporate world’s favourite stimulant (and many individuals if recent research is correct – ‘Generative artificial intelligence addiction syndrome: A new behavioural disorder?‘), the digital crack cocaine of the 21st century? Everyone is getting on it. From interns to CEOs, everyone wants a hit of insight, a rush of efficiency, […]
October 22, 2025
Further to the theme of some of my recent missives there is continued, governments and economists are pinning their hopes on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revive sluggish productivity, trim runaway public spending and give overworked public services a long-overdue upgrade. AI is being positioned as the economic superhero of our age, faster, cheaper, tireless. However, […]
August 6, 2025
Not for the first time, I have finished reading a report and instead of remembering the message, I am left wondering which AI model wrote it. Fifteen minutes of polished nothing. Like being served a three-course meal made entirely of rice cakes, technically food, but utterly forgettable and lacking any nutritional value for the effort. […]
July 26, 2025
Because who needs actuarial models when panic will do? In their paper Fear, Not Risk, Explains Asset Pricing (May 2025), Rob Arnott and Edward McQuarrie upend a core assumption of financial theory, that risk and reward are tightly linked. Their data shows otherwise, reward often correlates weakly, or not at all, with conventional measures like […]
June 12, 2025
It was a pleasure and a privilege to be invited representing NCC Group to speak at the recent European Business Registry Association (EBRA) conference in Milan. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to engage with such a forward-thinking and collaborative audience. As a small gesture following our Cyber Security session, I’m pleased to share the starter […]
September 11, 2024
Corporate compliance has become the business world’s favourite form of self-flagellation, where companies tangle themselves in a labyrinth of policies only to emerge shackled in red tape of their own making. Genuine regulation is necessary, but many businesses take it to far, layering on convoluted processes and pseudo-compliance for the sake of over-preparation. Exacerbated by […]
January 5, 2024
The following is a full transcript of answers provided during an interview with TechTarget who were looking for insights on Future of the Hybrid Cloud. What are one or two trends shaping the future for the hybrid cloud? Increased Automation and AI Integration Why This Is the Case: Challenges and Best Practices: Edge Computing Integration […]
August 12, 2019
The Perils that comes when Compliance Training turns into a Tick-Box Exercise is a millstone many organisations only realise they have myopically staggered into at their peril. Organizations invest significant resources into compliance training programs to educate employees on laws, regulations, and company policies. The aim is to foster a culture of compliance and integrity. […]
June 23, 2017
Security comes in many shapes and sizes. The risk to security that concerns me today is the laughing stock of the democratic world our UK media is fostering and appears to be completely oblivious to the dangerous divisions it is forging and national credibility it is undermining. This comes at a time the United Kingdom […]
June 12, 2017
Economics driven Cybersecurity is the ruthless application of business economics and operational priorities in confronting Cybersecurity risks. Step 1 – Keep the main thing the main thing. Step 2 – Command the risks that could stop you keeping the main thing from being the main thing. The rest is distraction. If you must ask the […]
May 13, 2017
So, the world woke up to a weekend of Cyber hurt that is going to rumble on for some time to come, that you can guarantee, as the Wannabe Ransomware attacks ravage the computer systems and networks of negligent owners. Negligence is not too strong a word in this instance. Under the UK Companies Act […]
January 20, 2017
The current generation of AI (Artificial Intelligence), Machine Learning or Deep Learning, amongst other inappropriately overinflated terms, has drawn a focus on the simple dislocation of labour. A few have delved deeper into the murky implications of the future of this class of autonomous, semi-autonomous and or tethered digital applications (software) and started to challenge […]
October 18, 2016
Following on from the theme of my last blog – ‘Insider Threat – Wetware issue’ – One of the big themes at the moment is the attraction of using Robotic Software and ‘Bots’ on the pretext that these can reduce the Insider Threat surface area amongst other suggested efficiency benefits. Robotic Software needs to be […]
November 23, 2025
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