Writing on agentic AI
Short, practical pieces for people who intend to build something rather than form a view.
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What the ideas are, and what the words actually mean.
A second brain for AI is not the note-taking kind
The term comes from personal note-taking, but a second brain your AI can use is built differently. What changes, and whether you need both.
Read August 2026Scout, drafter, reviewer: the workflow pattern that does real work
The three-step agentic workflow pattern behind most useful business automation - what each step does, why the split matters, and where the human sits.
Read August 2026A plain-English glossary of agentic AI
The terms that come up when people talk about agentic AI - agents, workflows, orchestration, MCP and the rest - defined without jargon.
Read July 2026Agentic AI for business leaders: where to start
A practical starting point for senior leaders who already use AI and want to build agentic workflows that do real work.
Read July 2026What is an agentic AI bootcamp?
What actually happens at an agentic AI bootcamp, who it is for, and how it differs from an AI course.
ReadChoosing how to learn
Formats, claims, and what to ask before booking anything.
Three different things get sold as a 'second brain'
The phrase is attached to at least three unrelated products, all bookable, all using the same two words. How to tell which one you are looking at.
Read August 2026When do AI executive cohorts run, and when should you go?
Executive AI cohorts no longer cluster by season - most run online several times a year. What that changes about when to book, and what to do between them.
Read August 2026Nine questions to ask before booking AI training
A buyer's checklist for AI courses and bootcamps - nine questions worth asking any provider, and what a straight answer to each one sounds like.
Read August 2026You've finished an AI executive programme. Now what?
The gap most AI executive education leaves - and how to turn a strategic understanding of AI into something running in your own work.
Read August 2026AI bootcamp, AI course or executive education: which do you need?
The three main ways senior people learn AI, what each is actually for, and how to choose based on what you want to walk away with.
Read August 2026What does 'hands-on' actually mean in AI training?
Almost every AI course calls itself hands-on. A practical test for what the word actually covers, from watching demos to building against your own work.
Read August 2026Why in-person beats online for learning AI
Online courses teach you about AI. A day in the room is what gets an agentic workflow built. Here is the difference, and why it matters.
ReadPutting it to work
Where it helps in a particular kind of job, and how to make it stick.
Why your second brain stopped getting used
Capture was never the problem. Most second brains die because the reading half was left to you. What changes when the reader is a model instead.
Read August 2026A stale second brain is worse than none at all
Note systems rot into clutter you skim past. A second brain your AI reads rots into confident wrong answers. What decays, and the routine that catches it.
Read August 2026Agentic workflows fail quietly. Here is how you would notice
Software fails loudly. An agentic workflow fails by handing you a confident answer that is wrong. Four checks that catch it before anyone else does.
Read August 2026What actually goes in a second brain for AI?
The five kinds of context worth storing so your AI tools stop giving generic answers - and the things that should never go in.
Read August 2026How to choose the task you bring to an AI bootcamp
The task you pick decides what you get out of a build day. Five tests for choosing well, and the work worth leaving alone permanently.
Read July 2026How to run an AI pilot that survives contact with your team
AI pilots rarely fail on the technology. They fail because nobody owned the task, success was never defined, and week two was never planned for.
Read August 2026Agentic AI for public-sector and NHS leaders: start where governance says yes
How to apply agentic AI inside a public-sector organisation - which work suits it, which never will, and why governance is the design brief, not the blocker.
Read July 2026Agentic AI for consultants: sell the judgement, not the assembly
Which consulting work suits an agentic workflow, which does not, and how a workflow built once becomes margin on every engagement after it.
Read July 2026Agentic AI for finance teams: where it actually helps
The finance work that suits an agentic workflow, the work that does not, and where human judgement has to stay.
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