This is it. We've reached the final post in the "Facing the Elephant" series.

In this series, we've walked around the elephant in the room: unstructured data.

The hidden risks lurking in our unstructured data - and why GenAI will drag them into the light.

In the first post of this series, I called out the elephant in the room: unstructured data. It makes up the majority of enterprise information, yet is often invisible to leaders - and thus, often avoided.

We call ourselves data-driven. Dashboards glow, KPIs tick upwards, and AI pilots are everywhere.

AI today is noisy - hyped, hyped again, and tangled in fear and confusion. But beneath the buzz lies a very real shift: the transition from solely bespoke creation to everyday configuration. My North Star is simple: stay grounded, focus on value, and empower the business to use AI wisely, every day - across every function, not just in labs....

Innovation is a barrier to success. I have seen, again and again, where Innovation is the main blocker to the successful delivery of business value. Here are some of my learning and recommendations on how to avoid Innovation to succeed.

Why do we so often fail to connect the delivery with the actual dilemma that our organisation is trying to solve? Why? Ask Delilah.

How often do our technology projects seem to be derailed by the very customers we are delivering them to? Who is the villain in this piece? How can we change these tracks we are hurtling down and avoid a trainwreck?

THE SYSTEM IS OUT TO GET YOU! On your path you will trip, you will fall. You will scream and curse. But, you will need to get back up and try again. You have no choice, it's legislation - oh, and congratulations on the birth of Jenny - was it - your new baby!