Capability&Consequence

Independent analysis

From what technology can do to what it changes.

Independent analysis of how technology reshapes strategy, economics, operations, architecture and control.

The publication follows technical change into its strategic, financial, operating and governance consequences—and states which decision should change as a result.

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Latest publications

8 published pieces

CAC-001
The Hidden Obligations of Enterprise AI · Part 1

The Model Will Be Gone Before the Product Is

Owning your models does not solve this. It changes which clock you are fighting.

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The Hidden Obligations of Enterprise AI · Part 2

The Verification Shadow

AI can collapse generation time while leaving the obligation to prove the output almost untouched.

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The Hidden Obligations of Enterprise AI · Part 3

The Three Clocks Behind the AI Business Case

Capability improves in months. Enterprises change in years. Financial value arrives on a third schedule.

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Executive brief

Two Numbers You Will Be Asked For

A finance brief on capitalised software in the year development changed.

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Executive brief

The AI Dependency Your Validation Framework Doesn't Cover

A governance brief for boards, risk committees and clinical oversight.

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Professional Services in the Age of AI · Part 1

The Artifact Was Not the Whole Product

In 2022 I predicted a self-service future for consulting. Nearly four years later, the direction held and the operating model looks incomplete.

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Professional Services in the Age of AI · Part 2

Who Owns the Consulting Platform?

A firm can own the advisory product and still lose the client interface, the learning loop and the economics around it.

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Professional Services in the Age of AI · Part 3

The Apprenticeship Problem

A firm can improve this year's project margin and weaken the supply of judgement it will need a decade from now.