The Long Letter: Why Rising Complexity Is One of the Biggest Unsolved Leadership Tasks
Complexity grows quietly and charges three bills at once: security, controllability and cost. Cutting the self-inflicted share moves all three together.
Information for boards and executive teams
Perspectives on AI, governance, cybersecurity and digitalisation for boards and executive teams.
Cyber Reporting to the Board on Its Own Is Not Yet Governance
A good quarterly report tells the board what was noticed, not what happened. Boards need pre-committed decisions, not just reporting.
The Narrowed Corridor: How Harmony, Homogeneity and the Need for Consensus Can Threaten a Company's Future Readiness
Decades of selecting leaders for fit rather than friction narrowed the corridor of accepted profiles. Three more forces are narrowing it further.
Cyber Risk Starts With Us, Not With AI
A field test on open Wi-Fi shows where most cyber risk actually starts: with us, not with AI. What that means for the board.
Data Sovereignty Has Two Dimensions
Location and technical control are two separate questions. Answering only one gives the illusion of data sovereignty, not the real thing.
In the AI Era, Certified Security Alone Is No Longer Enough
Why AI raises the likelihood of a cyberattack more than its damage, and why a certificate alone no longer protects a board.
Cyber Resilience Starts with Mindset, Especially at Board Level
A flight instructor's principle for the real event: why cyber resilience starts with mindset, not budget, especially at board level.
AI Environments: Human in the Loop Does Not Mean Human in Command
A self-run agent attack shows why human in the loop is not enough, and what boards need to know about real control over AI agents.
We Call AI an Intelligence; That Is Exactly the Challenge
Why the term 'artificial intelligence' dates back to 1956, why it sets the wrong expectations, and what that means for boards and executive teams.
What Building My Own AI System Taught Me About Governance
Four lessons from building a personal AI knowledge system, for assessing AI strategies at board and executive level.