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Notes on diagnosing, prioritising and aligning digital investment.
Short, practical writing from the Forever Foundry Process™: what AI Compass™, Slid3rs™ and FlowRoom™ actually change.
18 August 2026
How to tell if a problem is worth solving before you act on it
Most reprioritisation fails before day one because the problem was assumed, not measured. Here is what AI Compass™ tests before anything gets ranked.
25 August 2026
Why IT and the business always rank priorities differently
When technical and commercial teams score the same list separately, the gap between their rankings is the most useful data you will get all year.
1 September 2026
Turn complexity into clarity: aligning leadership without another deck
A ranked list means nothing if leadership does not believe it. Here is what changes when alignment is built into the decision, not presented after it.
14 September 2026
Your next AI opportunity might be hiding between two teams
Cross-team handoffs create work nobody logs as an AI opportunity. Here is how to measure the effort between departments before choosing what to automate.
16 September 2026
Your AI agent needs a spending limit. Not just a job description.
An AI agent can pursue a goal and still make a decision your business would never approve. Agree its decision limits before switching it on.
18 September 2026
The real AI scaling problem is deciding what not to scale
Most organisations do not have an AI ideas problem. They have too many pilots competing for the same money and attention. Scale outcomes, not experiments.
21 September 2026
A better prediction is only valuable if you can act on it
A supplier-delay prediction is worthless if nobody can act on it in time. Start with the decision, then decide whether prediction is the right investment.
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