I'm moving this newsletter to its own publication: The Puzzle and Its Pieces. I should have probably done this from the start, but didn't for reasons 🤷‍♂️

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—PEG

For as long as I can remember, I’ve used writing to clarify my thinking. You might say I “think by writing” (though I also “think by talking”—diverse conversations are essential to my work). Back when I was in start-ups and research, writing was something I did for myself. Later, from my time as CTO at Capgemini through to Deloitte’s Centre for the Edge, it evolved into a public practice—an integral part of my work.

Over the summer, I started developing a new book, The Puzzle and Its Pieces: A Strategic View of Business and Technology. My original goal was to weave together insights from the past decade into a cohesive narrative. But as I revisited my past work, I found just as many interesting ideas in the gaps between publications as in the published pieces themselves. Some will make it into the book. Others deserve their own space.

That’s where this Substack comes in.

I’ll use this newsletter to share these “extra” ideas, along with book excerpts, work-in-progress thoughts, and applications of the analytical framework in the book to current challenges.

What to Expect

If you’re familiar with my past work, the themes will be familiar:

• Innovation and Strategic Adaptation. How organisations navigate uncertainty and change. (Flourishing in Ambiguity, Strategy and the Art of the Possible).

• Digital Transformation and the Future of Work.– The impact of technology on how we work. (Negotiating the Digital-Ready Organisation, Reconstructing the Workplace).

• AI and Human-Machine Collaboration. The evolving relationship between people and AI. (Why Hasn’t AI Delivered on Its Promise?, A Moral License for AI).

• Digital Literacy and Competence. Rethinking what it means to be “digitally skilled” (The Digital-Ready Worker).

• Organisational Structure and Team Dynamics. How digital teams function (The Trust Deficit, Building the Peloton).

• Emerging Technology and Systemic Change. Not just the tech itself, but its broader implications.

• Sustainability and Responsible Business. Ethical AI, sustainability, and governance in a digital world (A new narrative for digital data, A moral license for AI).

First Up: The Limits of Large Language Models

The first post will explore the limits of LLMs—how much more there is to intelligence than just language processing—and what that means for AI strategy.

I’ll also be digging into key themes from the book, how they form an analytical framework, and applying those tools to real-world challenges like the housing affordability crisis.

I’d love to hear your thoughts—what resonates, what challenges your thinking, and what topics you’d like to see explored. Let’s see where this goes.