2026 Mission: Human Agency — I spent 45 minutes with the Head of MI6, and her arguments are formidable

Last week, I discovered a text that seemed written specifically for this mission.
It wasn’t a tech roadmap or a market analysis—it was the first major address by Blaise Metreweli, the Head of MI6.
I spent 45 minutes immersed in her arguments, and I can tell you: they are formidable.
She speaks of a world being remade by technology, but anchored by something much more powerful: Human Agency.
In a landscape of shifting global powers and algorithmic noise, her vision for 2026 provides the exact clarity we need as we build for the future.

Lazy LLMs vs. Lazy People — Top 20 Philips technologies & the Deloitte Australia fiasco

Mental laziness is a growing red flag in everyday AI use. This week, two examples jumped out at me:
* My personal struggle to get a simple Top 20 Philips technologies list from ChatGPT.
* The Deloitte Australia fiasco, where unchecked AI output made its way into a government report.
Both remind us of a simple truth: AI mirrors the effort we put into it.

19-Mar-2022: Avril Group: Digital Leadership & the Case of Dealing with Failure

Avril is an international agro-industrial group based in France, specializing in food, animal feed, energy, and sustainable chemistry. Avril operates on a model of integrated sectors, which is unique in the French and European agro-industrial business world. The group systematically reinvests the profits in the fields of agriculture. Its purpose is to ensure a fair … Continue reading 19-Mar-2022: Avril Group: Digital Leadership & the Case of Dealing with Failure

CUTTER: Taming the COVID-19 Black Swan Using the Three New Normals Framework

Probably the most important paper I ever wrote. As we — as individuals, organizations, and nations — spiral into the COVID-19 black swan change — we must act. To act, we need to make decisions, and for that, we need a “way”, a framework, a model — a language to think about the future. The … Continue reading CUTTER: Taming the COVID-19 Black Swan Using the Three New Normals Framework