Thoughts on technology, design, development, and building digital products that make a difference.
Thirty years of drawings, tolerances, job records and fixes is the part of a manufacturer that cannot be bought. It is usually the least looked after. How to change that.
Regulation is the reason most clinical and biotech SMEs put modernisation off, and the reason they should not. How to move without creating a compliance problem.
Every itinerary you have ever built is a tested answer to a customer question. Most operators throw that away each season. How to turn it into your fastest-selling product.
In luxury the relationship is the product, and the record of it is usually in a notebook. What happens when the client book becomes a system, and what to protect while doing it.
Back catalogue is the only asset in publishing that appreciates while you sleep, and most of it is unsearchable. How to turn an archive into something that earns.
The hardest part is not the technology, it is doing it while everyone is chargeable. How law, accountancy and consulting firms modernise without losing a quarter of fee income.
Only 30% of family businesses survive the move to a second generation. Much of what is lost is knowledge nobody wrote down. How to get it out of one head before the handover.
Spreadsheets are underrated, right up until they are dangerous. Seven signals that yours has quietly become critical infrastructure, and what to do about it without a rebuild.
Two ways to fix an ageing system, and they suit very different businesses. How to tell which one you need, what each really costs, and why the bigger option is usually sold harder.
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