Category: Technology
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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 could 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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Is industrial AI the real frontier for AI safety now?
Is industrial AI the real frontier for AI risk now? I spent some time from a very busy week, familiarising myself with the recently released International AI Safety Report 2026, led by Yoshua Bengio: https://lnkd.in/eURPNjed What strikes me is how many of the top risks mentioned are related to AI encroaching on the physical world: 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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Was 2025 the year of the “Instant” AI Expert?
Was 2025 the year of the “Instant” AI Expert? It has been fascinating to watch 2025 become the year where it seems everyone is suddenly an AI expert, when probably >99% of all we are doing with AI is prompting. It’s a bit like claiming to be an internet expert because one knows how to Read more
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Is it time for Charities and non-profits to embrace AI?
In the past decade I worked in an executive capacity very close to a number of charities, first and foremost Lloyd’s Register Foundation, and non-profits. In fact I set up and run until recently a non-profit business, Safetytech Accelerator Limited. Armed with these rich perspectives, recently I have been discussing the use of AI with a number 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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The AWS outage: my comments on the IET press release
A “smart bed” in Europe down because of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage? Surely not. A few up-down buttons for something you literally sit on would not need to call a web service 5000km away to operate? Well, yes, in fact. This particular example was on the BBC to show how pervasive it is Read more