Category: Simulation
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Leading data and AI teams
I gave my 2026 YOW! Tech Leaders Summit talk the alternative title lossy compression, as it squeezes 28 years in tech into 25 minutes. Many individual slides are are pointers to multiple blog posts or book chapters in their own right! This post includes references, by section from the source slides. Applications over three decades…
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Hard problems in highly agentic coding
Highly agentic coding with LLMs has great promise: automatically generating software to solve a wide range of problems. But it comes with its own hard problems to solve. With my experience in product design search and optimisation, software development, robotics and manufacturing, it’s an area I’m very interested in understanding better. What I share here…
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LLMs as text simulators
I’ve often written here about developing systems that leverage simulation. Simulation combining physical processes, information systems, and crowd behaviours. Simulations that support organisational decision making, customer experiences, and learning. And in late 2025 we were having a moment where more people were starting to describe Large Language Models (LLMs) as simulators of text. Simulation of…
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Basketball shot clock human state machine
I’ve only come to basketball as a parent, and in that capacity I often find myself on shot clock duties, as one of the few people who seems to enjoy – or at least tolerate – the shot clock. Perhaps I tolerate – or even enjoy – the shot clock because I imagine myself a…
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Solving EV charger anxiety
Many EV adventures are accessible using the charging network in Victoria, but faulty chargers still have the potential to induce charger anxiety on road trips. Planning apps–EV drivers’ constant companions–may not fully solve this when the reported status of chargers is unreliable and faults are prevalent. As a driver, I want resilient plans that already…
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End-to-end simulation hello world!
I’ve talked to many people about how to maximise the utility of a simulator for business decision-making, rather than focussing on the fidelity of reproducing real phenomena. This generally means delivering a custom simulator project lean, in thin, vertical, end-to-end slices. This approach maximises putting learning into action and minimises risk carried forward. For practitioners,…
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Visualising System Dynamics Models
Simulation is a powerful tool for understanding and solving complex problems, but sometimes simulations themselves can be hard to understand. Visualisation is a powerful tool for understanding what simulations are telling us, and also for socialising the limitations and assumptions built into predictions. An approach System dynamics is a simulation paradigm that can be used…
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Curtin HIVE Data Visualisation Presentation (2014)
IT was great fun presenting some novel business data visualisations on the impressive hardware at Curtin Hive. I just found this video from the 2014 presentation – at about 25 minutes, check out “The Matrix” on the 3m x 8m cylindrical display!
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Corporate Graffiti – Being Disruptive with Visual Thinking
As you go about your work you’ll come up against walls. Some walls will be blank and boring blockers to progress. These need decoration; spraying with layers that confer meaning. So pick a corner and start doodling. With a new perspective, you’ll find a way around the blockers. Other walls will come with messages – by…
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Playing Games is Serious Business
Simple game scenarios can produce the same outcomes as complex and large-scale business scenarios. Serious business games can therefore reduce risk and improve outcomes when launching and optimising services. Gamification also improves alignment and engagement across organisational functions. This is a presentation on using games to understand and improve organisational design and service delivery, which…