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Notes on making technology decisions that hold up.

Short pieces for leaders weighing an investment, an opportunity or an initiative that has lost its way.

Latest Most stalled initiatives do not need more technology. They need a decision.
Before adding capability to a stalled initiative, establish which unresolved choices are blocking progress and who has the authority to make them.
Stalled initiatives 24 September 20264 min read
10 September 2026Investment decisions
Build, buy or partner: the question behind the question Decide where your business needs control and what it can sustain. Build, buy and partner create different responsibilities long after the initial delivery.
27 August 2026AI and automation
Where automation earns its place in an industrial operation Find a bounded workflow, understand its exceptions and measure the whole operation. Automation earns its place when it makes useful work more reliable or releases constrained capacity.
13 August 2026Investment decisions
What a board needs to see before approving a technology investment A useful investment paper connects the requested commitment to credible options, business value, operational readiness and evidence for the next review.
30 July 2026Stalled initiatives
Stopping a project is a result, not a failure Reassess a project against its remaining cost and future value. A deliberate decision to stop can protect capacity and preserve the work worth keeping.
16 July 2026AI and automation
An AI pilot is not a strategy. Here is what to decide first. Before starting an AI pilot, decide what business outcome matters, who owns it and what would justify using the capability in everyday work.