
Hello,
You are probably here because a decision with real consequences is on your desk, and you are deciding who to trust with it.​
I work with people under pressure to make complex calls about AI, business change, or both.
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The common thread is decision quality: seeing the real options, making trade‑offs explicit, and choosing a path you can explain and stand behind later.​​
A few principles shape almost everything I do:
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Decisions should stand up to scrutiny, not just sound good.
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Things gets simpler once the decision and trade‑offs are clear.
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With AI, the focus needs to be on finding where it actually helps, what risks it introduces, and what controls are needed.
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Speed and quality can coexist, as long as judgement and assumptions are explicit.
Most of my work has been where judgement, credibility, and second‑order consequences are non‑negotiable:
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​Large UK banks making strategy, cost, and operating‑model decisions under regulatory and board scrutiny (for example, branch transformation, location strategy, cost reduction that protected customer support)
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Transformation and risk roles turning risk into decision inputs rather than reasons to stall – surfacing potential failures and trade‑offs so leaders can move with eyes open
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Founders and senior professionals making proportionate, defensible choices about AI, positioning, and commercial direction
Change Innovation exists so this expertise is available on demand: as structured support on a specific decision, or short, focused project around AI or change.
This level of support is not necessary every day
​​It earns its keep when:
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The decision has reputational, regulatory, or board‑level consequences.
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There are many stakeholders and strong views, but no shared way forward.
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AI, automation, or structural change are on the table and you want to move without creating avoidable risk.
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You're decision has potentially long term implications
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Day‑to‑day, instinct and hard‑won judgement are often enough.
For the decisions that will be revisited later, it is worth investing just a little more time to make sure the logic is solid.