Getting Better in the Same Direction
When every organisation improves in the same direction, the second and third order consequences aren’t growth. They’re narrowing.
HUMAND Framework: What Work Belongs to Humans, and What Doesn’t
Most organisations are approaching AI adoption backwards, automating first and asking the strategic question later. The HUMAND framework is the tool for asking it right.
I Said It Was Never Humans vs. Machines. Ten Years Later, Nobody Built the Human Half.
In 2016 in Perth I said it was never humans versus machines. Ten years later, the machines arrived on schedule. The human wisdom layer did not. This is what I heard in a Brisbane boardroom last week, and why the gap between the machine curve and the wisdom curve is where AI ROI goes to die.
We Didn’t Just Automate the Jobs. We Removed the Years.
AI isn’t just automating entry-level tasks. It’s removing the developmental years that built professional judgment. The pipeline doesn’t just thin at entry — it thins at every point downstream. Here’s what’s actually at stake and what organisations can do about it.
The 74 and the 20: What Most Organisations Are Getting Wrong About AI and Competitive Advantage
There’s a moment I keep seeing in boardrooms this year. Someone slides a piece of research across the table, the room leans in, and within about ninety seconds the conversation lands on the same question it always lands on. “How do we move faster?” I was in one of those rooms a few weeks ago […]
28 Million Australians. The Number Is Made Up. That’s Exactly Why It Matters.
At 06:51 on 2 June 2026, Australia became a 28-million-person nation. Morris Misel reflects on the IKEA moments of Australian identity, what still fits the room, and what a three-week-old granddaughter might inherit.
