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Leadership & GrowthBusiness & M&A

The Most Fragile Job Security Is Being Irreplaceable

I've been made redundant twice, and it's the reason I now try to make myself redundant on purpose in every role I take. Not by disappearing. By building systems so the work runs without me as the bottleneck, then moving on to a bigger problem. Most people chase the opposite. They hoard knowledge, guard the process, and call being irreplaceable "job security." It's the most fragile position you can be in. Here's what making yourself dispensable actually looks like, and the Week 1 version you can start on Monday.

12 Jun9 min
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Leadership & GrowthAI & TechnologyBusiness & M&A

The Room Doesn't Resolve It Anymore

Half-day workshops with 45 people used to need to accomplish everything in the room. They don't anymore - and that changes how you should design them. This post makes the case for a new division of labour: the room surfaces contested decisions, social accountability, and tacit knowledge that AI can't manufacture. AI handles the sequencing logic, dependency modelling, and delivery planning that used to consume the best hours of the day. But the handoff only works if you design the session - before anyone walks in - to produce artefacts AI can reason over, not just summarise.

27 May12 min
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AI & TechnologyBusiness & M&ALeadership & Growth

I'm Not Using AI To Work Faster. I'm Using It To Be In Five Places At Once.

Most people are chasing speed. I'm building something different - an agentic version of myself that runs my frameworks, thinks the way I think, and just told me what it wants to learn next. That's when I knew this wasn't a tool anymore.

20 Apr7 min
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Business & M&AAI & TechnologyLeadership & Growth

You're Not Building an AI Advantage. You're Building Someone Else's.

The platform is a commodity; your data is the fuel. Stop renting an AI advantage and start building a moat. If your data trains a general model, you're just funding a competitor’s future.

29 Mar7 min
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Business & M&AAI & TechnologyLeadership & Growth

The Developer Built It While I Was Still Reading The Approval Docs

Before you automate a process with AI, ask if the process should exist at all. Most organizations are just making their bloat faster and more expensive.

25 Mar4 min
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AI & TechnologyBusiness & M&ALeadership & Growth

I've Been Watching Businesses Become Zombie Corporations. Here's How to Tell If Yours Is Next.

Stop building "Zombie Corps." Automation looks elite on paper until you've hollowed out the human judgment that catches churn before it hits the P&L. If you can't explain the "why," you're just dying.

25 Mar7 min
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Business & M&ALeadership & GrowthHealth & Fitness

Stop Accepting Lunch Meetings - Your Calendar Isn't a Democracy

I reject every lunch meeting invite now. Not because I'm difficult, but because back-to-back meetings without food and a mental reset is a recipe for burnout. Here's why this boundary matters.

13 Feb4 min
Business & M&AHealth & Fitness

Why One of Us Had to Go All-In (And Why It Couldn't Be Both)

When redundancy hit us both, we had a choice: keep splitting focus or design deliberate roles. Here's why one income became our strategic advantage.

5 Feb5 min