Category: Media

  • Creative AI

    Creative AI

    I recently talked with Leon Gettler on an episode of the Talking Business podcast about Creative AI – paring people with AI to augment product and strategy development. This connects with some themes I’ve blogged about here before, such as No Smooth Path to Good Design and Leave Product Development to the Dummies. Also, Sketching…

  • The Business Case for Data Mesh

    The Business Case for Data Mesh

    I collaborated with with some colleagues to share our experiences with data mesh and how to frame the benefits for an executive audience, written up in an article titled The Business Case for Data Mesh.

  • Bridging the linguistic inclusion gap with AI

    Bridging the linguistic inclusion gap with AI

    It was great to be able to reflect with colleagues on common themes running through Thoughtworks’ work in languages and technology. In various scenarios, with different technology approaches, we worked to improve the inclusiveness of solutions, pointing to a more linguistically inclusive future. https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/machine-learning-and-ai/how-ai-could-bridge-the-linguistic-inclusion-gap

  • Governments’ Handling of COVID App Data

    Governments’ Handling of COVID App Data

    I was able to contribute to this article from FST Media: Exposing the fault lines in governments’ handling of Covid app data. I talked about the need for citizens to have trust in the collection and use of data, lest lack of trust undermine the utility of the data. If the risks aren’t properly managed,…

  • Why the Australian COVIDSafe App Failed

    Why the Australian COVIDSafe App Failed

    It was a pleasure to collaborate with some of my colleagues on this article in The Australian newspaper, which I was able to put my name to. The article is titled Why the COVIDSafe App Failed, and may need a subscription to access. The tl;dr The COVIDSafe experience has been an education and if one…

  • Data Visualisation Podcast

    Data Visualisation Podcast

    It was fun to join the ThoughtWorks Tech Podcast again, with Zhamak Dehghani, Alexey Boas, and Ned Letcher, this time to talk about Getting to grips with data visualization. A vast array of powerful data visualization tools are gaining traction in enterprises looking to make sense of their data sets, for instance D3, Bokeh, Shiny…

  • Data Mesh – Decentralised Governance

    Data Mesh – Decentralised Governance

    I provided some commentary on data mesh for ITWire in this article titled Data mesh decentralises custodianship while maintaining governance.

  • Data-Driven Responses to Changing Behaviour, auf Deutsch

    Data-Driven Responses to Changing Behaviour, auf Deutsch

    I’m pleased to see the German translation of the article I wrote with Sue Visic now live on Digitale Welt magazine: Mit Datenanalyse schnell auf Nachfragewandel reagieren. This is translated from the original article Data-driven responses to new patterns of customer behaviour, published on ThoughtWorks Insights, 16 April 2020.

  • Applying Software Engineering Practices to Data Science

    Applying Software Engineering Practices to Data Science

    I had fun recording this podcast on Applying Software Engineering Practices to Data Science with Zhamak Dehghani, Mike Mason and Danilo Sato. The need for high quality information at speed has never been greater thanks to competition and the impact of the global pandemic. Here, our podcast team explores how data science is helping the…

  • Data in the New Normal

    Data in the New Normal

    I provided some commentary for this article in CMO magazine about how data could provide insight into changes in behaviour driven by responses to COVID-19.