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2026
- Artificial intelligence is not artificial wisdom Revisiting the Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom flow in light of AI transformation
- The AI Efficiency Fallacy AI is sold as an efficiency play. But the tech is brute-forced and expensive, the language we use about it is misleading, and the human oversight we rely on to make it safe is the thing automation erodes
- Designing Freedom in the Age of Autonomy Why Stafford Beer's 1973 cybernetics lectures hold some of the keys to governing AI, architecting ecosystems and building systems that serve human flourishing.
- A Reference Architecture for Consequential AI A pragmatic, opinionated reference architecture for deploying generative and agentic AI where there are serious consequences from getting it wrong.
- Dynamic Architecture: The Governed Response to Vibed Code and Agent Proliferation Vibe coding and agentic AI are creating a Cambrian explosion of point solutions. Dynamic Architecture is the governed, ecosystem-aware response.
- Why More AI Might Ultimately Equal More People Adopting AI aggressively may need more people, not fewer, or enshittification becomes a serious risk.
- Cybernetics: A Quick Reference for Architects Translating Stafford Beer's 1973 systems thinking into 2026+ architectural practice: terms, laws and diagnostic questions.
- DIST workshop at Green IO London 2026 Notes from Green IO London 2026, where I ran a workshop on DIST, the Digital Impacts Schema and Taxonomy.
- Events Evaporate, Patterns Persist: Lessons from Eddie Obeng on Navigating Complexity
- Whatever Next? Why Transformation Needs to Get More Human
- AI Sleepwalking Risks V2, including Automation Fallacies
- Mythos: What Enterprise and Security Architects Need to Know about Agentic AI
- Why I set up Cronk Advisory After years as an intrapreneur, I have started my own business, with the core mission: to align technology with holistic sustainability.
- GreenIO London and Architecture Governance Episodes
2025
- The Specification Renaissance: Skills and Mindset for Spec-Driven Development
- Architecting Human-Centered AI
- Balancing AI Innovation and Sustainability at HM Treasury ID25
- Beyond Compliance: How Sustainable Technology Creates Value
- Practical & Pragmatic AI Principles for AI Autumn
- Royal Society Event: 75 Years of the Turing Test and AI Reality Check
- From Zoology to Systems Thinking with Jenny Wilson
- Legacy Systems: Beyond the Modernisation Hype
- NeuroSymbolic AI: The Grounding Enterprise AI Actually Needs?
- GenAI Sustainability: A Review of the 2025 Numbers
- Navigating the Cone of AI Uncertainty
- Sustainable Technology in Conversation with Mario Michaels
- Green Software: Making Progress, But Let's Be Honest About Where We Are
- Navigating Enterprise AI Architecture
- Why Data Centres Belong in Elderly Homes (Not Isolated Warehouses)
- When Waste Becomes Wealth: Using Data Centre Heat.
- Futuring Architectures: Embracing Mindset Shifts in a World of Ecosystems and AI
- Are We Sleepwalking into AI-Driven Societal Challenges?
- It's not the messiah, it's just a very naughty chatbot!
- Masking is exhausting & "emotional tectonic plates"
- Architect Tomorrow turns 5!
- There is more than one way to architect AI
- There Is More Than One Way to Do GenAI
- Are we sleepwalking into tomorrow's AI challenges?
- Getting Deep and Meaningful with DeepSeek R1
2024
- Where is AI leading us? Possibilities for Business and Society
- Mental health lessons for my past self
- The Impending Implosion of Generative AI and the Potential of a More Sustainable Future
- How CxOs Can Spot Technology Greenwashing
- Toward a Pragmatic Future: Accepting Imperfect Systems whilst Striving for Regeneration
- Technology Carbon Standard Update
- Announcing the (Proposed) Technology Carbon Standard
2023
- Conscientious Cloud: Pick Your Cloud Region Deliberately
- A Brief History of the Future of the Web?
- Whilst there will be recommendations — I don't think there will be one way forward
- The Sustainable Computing Ecosystem
- Conscientious Computing: Facing into Big Tech Challenges
- Am I just getting old or has the world gone "Delulu"?!
- GenAI Architectural Challenges
- Generative AI Solution Architecture
- Cloud Security and Sustainability
- Start / Stop / Continue in 2023?
2022
- Twenty Two in Review & Sustainable Software
- An EDGY Approach to Designing Enterprises
- Update on the community and recent episodes
- Building Mental Resiliency - My Journey
- Why higher education should care about cybersecurity
- Arabian Insights & Nordic Nostalgia
- Back to business as usual?
- Resolutions, Rules & Regulations
2021
- Optimism in a time of uncertainty
- Architecture of Tomorrow
- Gaining a Sustainable Perspective
- Where are your brakes?
2020
- Architect Tomorrow 2020 round up
- Architect Tomorrow - Shaping the Future
- Opportunities to re-invent?
- The Biggest Irony in IT?
2019
- My move to Tanium [2019 - 22]
- Business Social: getting the best out of LinkedIn without getting into trouble!
- Want faster AND safer delivery? Explore DevSecOps...
- Is being "happy" the right goal?
- Comparison of different Canon Lenses
- Staying positive in 2019
2018
2017
- Ecosystem Architecture is making us rethink Enterprise Architecture
- NeuroTech/BrainTech - the future of Human Computer Interaction?
- Are Autonomous Electric Vehicles the future of Personal Transport?
2016
- Blockchain AND OR maths will eat the world
- The Balancing Act of Architecture
- Autonomous flying vehicles = safer than cars?
- My Cycling Challenge for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity - Oxford to Edinburgh in 3 days!
- "Algo Banking" the next big thing in retail banking?
- Simple model of a typical organisation?
- EAs: are you providing value for money?
2015
- Beyond Hot-desking - Configurable, Dynamic Workspaces
- Apps are dead! Long live seamless experiences!
- Upgrading Humanity: Future Roadmap
- Digital waste and recycling solutions?
- Securing connected devices and stopping AI going bad?
- The future of collaboration is cloudy
- Overview of the Service Control / Virtualisation / API Gateway