The Impact of Lowering the Price of Prediction

What happens when the price of prediction falls through the floor? Old problems that were cast as computational problems become recast as predictive problems. Consider what happens when you drive a modern car and press the brake pedal. It is not about compressing hydraulic fluid through a pipe to push a piece of metal against […]

It’s All About Execution

A good idea is just a good idea. It only becomes useful when you do something with it. So execution is everything. That’s the mantra taken up by many recently, including the Mike Bracken-led government digital teams with their “Strategy is Delivery” bent. This message was brought home to me when I read today’s Guardian […]