Beyond Data: Where Are the Real Moats in the AI Era?
In an era of commoditised AI, where do durable competitive advantages truly lie? Hint: it's not just about data.
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Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesCoding agents are typically given static context for dynamic environments. This post explores a new idea on how to give adaptive context to a coding agent in an extensible way. Imagine a hybrid of Claude Code's SKILL.md …
Read moreAnthropic released Claude Opus 4.5 today. You can read the official announcement, which has all the standard benchmarks, many of which it does well on. One interesting bit from the announcement caught my eye: The model’s…
Read morePractical sequences to move AI components from chaotic incidents back to complex and complicated domains through minimum-viable mapping, rapid guardrails, and doctrine updates.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesConvert Wardley Maps and Cynefin playbooks into policy-as-code guardrails so AI agents can act within codified doctrine while humans handle exceptions.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesA new mental model that overlays Wardley Maps with autonomy bands to choreograph AI systems and human teams as capabilities evolve.
Read on Wardley Leadership Strategiestl;dr: skills-to-agents automatically compiles SKILL.md into AGENTS.md. Run it as a GitHub action with a step: uses: dave1010/skills-to-agents@v1. Coding agents benefit from custom instructions and tools. The standard wa…
Read moreWhat happens when leaders wire Stafford Beer's Viable System Model into their AI operating system?
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesTreat large language models as co-analysts who keep Wardley Maps anchored on layered user needs instead of just today’s feature backlog.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesUsing language models to stress-test your Wardley Maps against plausible competitor plays without drowning in hypotheticals.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesHow ambient agents refactor architectures, uplift process maturity, and accelerate Wardley transitions without demanding heroics.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesWhy leaders must master map positioning and build multi-play readiness as AI agents collapse the cost of optionality.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesHow can AI-era leaders wield the full OODA loop to outpace autonomous competitors without losing ethical control?
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesWhy Wardley Mapping leaders must anticipate the accelerating evolution of software components.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesHow AI-driven agency is shifting execution power to individuals and redefining leadership priorities.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesHow leaders can engineer stressors across sociotechnical systems so their organisations benefit from volatility rather than collapse under it.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesHow leaders prepare doctrine, data, and guardrails so AI agents can deploy Wardley plays without waiting for human hands.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesWhy AI-native leadership requires living Wardley Maps that instrument decisions and feedback loops.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesApplying Cynefin's sensemaking approach to orchestrate AI systems and human teams across complexity.
Read on Wardley Leadership StrategiesHow AI-enabled agency lowers the cost of leadership and raises the premium on judgement and distribution.
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