Working method
There are solutions
Understand the need, bring the right people together and take the first practical step.
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Ideas behind how I work.
Practical explanations of the methods, decisions and developing ideas behind my work in infrastructure, FinOps, AI, platforms and governance.
AI adoption
Flat AI access is the most expensive way to adopt AI
Give everyone a useful starting point, then let access, budget and autonomy grow with capability.
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Technical debt and technical waste need different answers
Debt needs a repayment decision. Recurring waste needs a control loop.
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Digital sovereignty is the ability to change
A practical test of control: could the organisation change a critical dependency if it had to?
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The safest route has to be the easiest one
Governance works when the secure, supported route is also the practical route.
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FinOps needs champions close to the work
Connect central expertise with the people who understand the services and decisions creating the spend.
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