What does it mean to be ethical when making a complex decision? Here's a take: eight2late.wordpress.com/2022/10/17/the… #DecisionMaking #Ethics

A chat with Craig at Everest about #entrepreneurship: eight2late.wordpress.com/2022/11/01/mak…

"... when talking to ChatGPT I was undeniably, completely, unchangeably, bored." - erikhoel.substack.com/p/the-banality…

"You do not get people to change their perceptions by telling them to change. Instead, you reframe the situation in a way that enables them to see it in a different light. They might then choose to change of their own accord" - eight2late.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/per…

"Dealing with LLMs at any length makes apparent just how little can be known from language alone." - noemamag.com/ai-and-the-lim…

My book on data science strategy, co-written with Alex Scriven, is now available on Amazon and the publisher's website: routledge.com/Data-Science-a…

The first chapter of my new book on data science strategy is available for free at: eight2late.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/978100…

The limits of my LLM are the limits of my world.

"These principles do not tell you what to do in specific situations. Rather, they are about cultivating a disposition that looks at technology through the mul­tiple, and often conflicting, perspectives of those whose work is affected by it" - eight2late.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/wha…

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Agile rituals eight2late.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/she…

In the not too distant future we might have our own #AI devices that mirror our personalities. How would we relate to our computational alter egos? Here's a riff on this question, based on Jorge Luis Borges' best known story: eight2late.wordpress.com/2023/09/12/ai-…

"Once one sees what is going on and acts upon it in a principled way, #change comes for free." - eight2late.wordpress.com/2023/10/17/the…

On the downside of following directions (and the upside of finding ones own way): eight2late.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/the…

I'm psyched to announce CI•edu — the 1st International Symposium on Educating for #CollectiveIntelligence (5/6 Dec 2024) Co-chairing w Rupert Wegerif (Cambridge) Michael Hogan (Galway) Margaret Bearman (Deakin) Baki Kocaballi (UTS) Anna De Liddo (OpenU) 👉cic.uts.edu.au/events/collect…

This is such a shame, if true. 'Rich digital learning activities' are no substitute for face to face-to-face interactions: theguardian.com/australia-news…

"In the end, it seems that power has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly letting go."

Hopfield and Hinton's papers cited in the physics Nobel announcement are exemplars of the fact that advances in science often comes from making bold analogies between unrelated phenomena: eight2late.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/on-…

"Science concerns itself with explanation. While explanations tell us why phenomena or events occur as they do; narratives tell us how they unfold...Explanations are intended to be conclusive whereas narratives open up new possibilities..." eight2late.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/the…

A collection of short stories I read a few weeks ago got me thinking about unintended consequences, and whether it is possible to act in ways that increase the likelihood of positive surprise. I think the answer is a qualified yes... eight2late.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/on-…

On the analogy between organisational change and personal transformation: eight2late.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/med…