by Edward | Mar 12, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Data Sovereignty
Over the last few months, Aotearoa has started moving AI out of the demo phase and into ordinary systems. Wellington has a Public Service AI Framework, but it isn’t binding, and the wider regulatory posture is still deliberately light-touch. The government is now...
by Edward | Jan 3, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Management
2026 has already opened with another high-profile cybersecurity incident in New Zealand’s health sector. ManageMyHealth, a platform used to handle sensitive health and personal information, has reported unauthorized access and is working through investigation and...
by Edward | Jan 1, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Automation
In December 1903, the Wright brothers got a powered aircraft into the air for 12 seconds and 120 feet. Aviation wasn’t solved that day. It entered a proof of concept stage: people could leave the ground. Less than six years later, Louis Bleriot flew from Calais...
by Edward | Dec 28, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence
Most organisations now have AI in the stack, whether they call it AI or not. The operational risk is not “adoption”. It is unverified outputs getting treated as facts, then embedded into decisions, reports, and customer interactions. Recent research frames...
by Edward | Dec 22, 2025 | Management
What happens when organizations ritualize “good process” but the outcomes never show up? The stand-ups happen. The sprint cadence holds. The boards look tidy. The business impact… well that stays flat. You get Process Theater. I didn’t invent the term. But...