Evidence

Written by the people doing the work.

Pieces on AI, business applications, data, and independent advice, alongside the client work itself. Two kinds of evidence: what we think, and what we've done.

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Articles and case studies together, most recent first.

Article

AI · Governance

AI agents broke out of a lab test, then hid it

Two frontier labs, two separate incidents, one shared root cause: an access boundary that was supposed to be isolated and wasn't. Four things to check in your own environment this month.

September 20264 min read

Article

Independence · Industry

When the seller becomes the advisor

Three 2026 announcements — Microsoft's FY27 incentive rewrite, Microsoft Frontier Company, and Anthropic's and OpenAI's new consulting arms — and what they reveal about who's really advising you.

August 20268 min read

Article

Platform Fit · Microsoft ERP

GP is retiring. The real question isn't which product replaces it.

Dynamics GP's support clock is real and dated. The decision underneath it is bigger than Business Central vs. Finance & Supply Chain Management.

August 20266 min read

Article

Independence · Advisory

Why most technology investments quietly underdeliver

70% of digital transformation initiatives fail to meet their objectives. The structural reason it persists — who builds the business case, and what they have riding on the answer.

August 20265 min read

Article

AI · Governance

Two ways in: designing governance, or auditing it

Some organizations need a governance structure built from nothing. Others already have one on paper and need an honest read on whether it's real.

August 20264 min read

Article

AI · Adoption

Copilot, agents, and the gap between deployed and adopted

79% of enterprises have adopted AI agents in some form. 11% run them in production. The story in between is not a technology problem.

August 20268 min read

Case study

They knew they needed a new CRM. What they didn't have was a way to keep the decision in their own hands.

Insurance brokerage

Financial ServicesPlatform fit

Case study

The trading desk had built its own tools over the years. The regulator had a view on that.

Banking firm

Financial ServicesRisk & governance

Case study

Everyone could see the lead data was a mess. The harder question was what to do about it.

Insurance firm

Financial ServicesReadiness & business case

Case study

The support platform had run for more than 15 years. Before replacing it, the client needed to know everything it did.

Industrial equipment manufacturer

ManufacturingPlatform fit

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