A few times this year I’ve dived into an area of AI that I’d deliberately put off. New things arrive in waves, and I’m always a bit hesitant. Often when that new wave of tech is coming tt feels like I’ve only just adopted the last shiny thing. Skills in Claude was one of those.… Read More Campfires, Caves and Watering Holes: Where Does Deep Learning Happen?
I am a big 70% planning, 30% implementation individual. Always getting things in order and feeling really organised before something goes ahead. It feels built into my DNA, or just a core part of who I am. On Sundays I have a cook-up to help the week feel prepared and smooth. Before the baking begins… Read More I built my own bench: My AI Change & Learning Skillset
How it started… and how it’s going now Lately I’ve been writing a lot about AI from the outside in. Why rolling out AI isn’t like rolling out software. Whether organisations are ready for AI that does things. What we might be giving away when we hand over the hard thinking. And why nobody wants… Read More My AI Toolkit in 2026
Our 4WD barely gets driven anymore. It sits in the driveway, and most of the time that’s exactly where it stays.But every so often I need it. And every so often that means edging the big white beast into a tight space in a busy carpark, on a busy day, often with someone waiting behind… Read More Nobody Wants To Be Bad At Something In Front Of Other People
Fourth in a series on AI at work. This one’s less about the workplace and more about us. I listened to a podcast interview with Dr Norman Swan recently and ordered his new book, The Brain Cliff, before it had finished. It’s currently on the bedside table in the queue of books waiting for me… Read More The Cost of Hard Thinking We’re Giving Away
We had to replace our oven a few months ago. Not a choice, really, the old one gave up, and I am a mad baker so cannot live without an oven. The new oven is a marvel. We didn’t spend top dollar, but just being modern it has touchscreen and some cool features. An air… Read More Bake, 180, Done: Why Rolling Out AI Isn’t Rolling Out Software
I went to a webinar last week with my glasses on and coffee ready. That detail matters, because it tells you exactly where my head was.I’d read the post advertising it. The facilitator was talked up, the topic was one I care about, and I really felt it was going to be useful and interesting.So… Read More Access is not interaction: why so much “engaging” learning leaves us flat
I wear bifocals all day, every day. They are, quite literally, the thing that lets me see clearly. And yet at least once a day, I take them off for some perfectly sensible reason – cooking something steamy, wiping my eyes, no idea really – and a few minutes later I genuinely could not tell… Read More What Hope Do We Have? Some Thinking on Learning, Technology Adoption, and the Science of Forgetting
There’s a particular kind of optimism that comes with assigning someone a self-paced online course. From an organisational perspective it feels considerate. People can do it in their own time. There’s no scheduling pressure, no room to book, no calendar clash to navigate. It’s flexible, accessible, and respects people’s autonomy. And yet, if you’ve ever… Read More Self-paced doesn’t mean lower effort: the cognitive load of online learning
A few days ago I was at a specialist appointment with one of my kids. At some point the conversation turned to teen fatigue across the school week – the kind of bone-tired-by-Thursday feeling that a lot of parents will recognise. The specialist responded in a very matter-of-fact way: “It’s cognitive load”. I thought about that… Read More It’s Not Just the Tech: The Hidden Cognitive Load of the Physical Workplace