Category: Innovation
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Getting Past the Pilot Often Starts With Selecting the Right Technology
Many pilots of AI and other advanced technologies begin with real enthusiasm and then lose momentum without reaching a clear conclusion. Various industry studies suggest that between 70 and 80 percent of technology transformations stall before reaching operational maturity, and the current pressure to be seen adopting AI has arguably made this more common. It… Read more
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Scout New Tech Like a Pro
Ask most executives whether their organisation is good at finding new technology for their pressing needs, and they will say yes. Ask them to walk you through the actual process the last time they dåid it, and the answer often gets vaguer fast. It is surprising how many companies, including some with real innovation budgets… Read more
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Book Release: Industrial Safetytech
We are incredibly excited to share the news that we have launched a new book! INDUSTRIAL SAFETYTECH: From Strategy to the Frontline – A Practical Guide to Deploying AI and Advanced Technologies in High-Risk Operations Despite decades of progress, people still die and are seriously injured at work. Technologies like AI, computer vision, and connected sensors… Read more
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Safetytech in maritime: is the tide turning?
Today I attended the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award Ceremony in London, organised by Mike Yarwood and his great team at TT Club, with the support of ICHCA International and TOC Worldwide. It was great to see so many familiar faces and meet some old contacts. Two years ago, I was on a panel… Read more
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The Strategic Scouting Matrix
Over nearly 20 years of running innovation functions and businesses, whether within large corporates, investment firms, government bodies, or for clients, my teams and I had to “scout” for external innovative solutions in almost every conceivable form. While some organisations treat scouting as a standalone business, it is more commonly a critical component of a… Read more
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AI in Critical Infrastructure: The curious case of telecommunication networks
Even for me, as an AI and emerging tech expert who has been working for the past decade on AI and emerging tech for critical infrastructure sectors such as energy and transport, it is easy to forget that digital communications is critical infrastructure, and in fact, one of the most underpinning layers there is. Today… Read more
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The UK Government proposals for AI Regulatory Sandboxes: a Good Idea, but Details are Key
I have been lucky enough in my career to have strategized, written about, shaped and delivered a few regulatory sandboxes in AI, Robotics, IoT and emerging tech in general. As you may guess, I am a big fan of the instrument, both practically and at the policy implementation level. This is why I warmly welcome… Read more
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When 95% of GenAI Projects Fail to Deliver, Maybe Organisations Need #InnoOps?
By Dr Maurizio Pilu, PhD (AI), eMBA, Fellow IETAugust 2025 MIT recently reported that 95% of [Gen]AI projects fail. The stat got the web and investors in a frenzy. In fact, the stat is far more nuanced, and should be seen in the context of a boom in AI experimentation and well-established AI tools such as… Read more
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The Future of Industrial AI: From Self-Writing Software to Digital Operators
By Dr Maurizio Pilu, PhD (AI), eMBA, Fellow IETAugust 2025 Over the past decade, I have had the privilege of working directly with dozens of industrial clients on AI-based innovations and working “under the bonnet” with some of the best industrial AI tech on the planet. The GenAI disruption of the past few years has… Read more
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On advising startups
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Supporting startup in the UK: IET Magazine Contribution