Chairman, board member and operator · Logistics, supply chain and the software around it
I have run large commercial organisations and chaired small software companies. Here I write down what that has taught me about how organisations actually operate. More about me.
No one has ever read every decision a company has taken, and a kept record with an AI reading it would be the first
Organisations remember what they decided and lose why within a few years, and the people who could reconstruct it have moved on by the time it matters.
AI tilts capital toward what can be measured, and the long bet loses on the business case
AI makes measurable improvements more visible, more frequent and better documented, so in any funding contest the ten-year decision now faces a stronger opponent than it did a year ago.
Every organisation has a resting cadence, and programmes do not change it
Organisations run at a speed that is produced, all the time, by how they are put together, and they go back to it once the extra pressure is gone.