Ideas & Essays

Field notes on industry, data & AI.

Essays on commercial intelligence, industrial transformation and the global opportunity emerging across Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

Artificial IntelligenceMay 20269 min
Why Most Industrial AI Projects Fail
The technology is rarely the problem. The gap between a working model and a changed business is where the value leaks out — and almost nobody budgets for it.
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Commercial IntelligenceMay 20267 min
Commercial Intelligence Is the New Competitive Advantage
When every competitor has the same products and similar prices, the winner is whoever understands the customer one layer deeper.
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Customer ExperienceApr 20266 min
The Future of Manufacturing Customer Experience
Industrial buyers now expect consumer-grade self-service. The portal is becoming the product.
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Industrial TransformationApr 20268 min
What Legacy Industries Can Learn From Modern Software Companies
Not the foosball tables — the operating cadence, the feedback loops, and the refusal to ship without measuring.
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Commercial IntelligenceMar 20265 min
Why CRM Projects Fail Before They Start
A CRM is a mirror of how you actually sell. Most failures are decided in the first three meetings.
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Emerging MarketsMar 202610 min
Manufacturing Growth in Africa
The continent's industrial decade has begun. The infrastructure and the talent are arriving faster than the headlines suggest.
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Customer ExperienceFeb 20266 min
Self-Service in Industrial Markets
Why the customer portal is quietly becoming the highest-leverage commercial investment in heavy industry.
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Commercial IntelligenceFeb 202611 min
Building a Commercial Intelligence Engine
A practical architecture for connecting data, analytics, CRM and action into a single compounding system.
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Industrial TransformationJan 20267 min
Why Digital Transformation Fails
Transformation is not a technology program. It is a change-management program wearing a technology costume.
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Emerging MarketsJan 20268 min
Southeast Asia's Industrial Future
Supply chains are being redrawn in real time. The region is positioned to capture more than its share.
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Artificial IntelligenceDec 20259 min
Industrial AI Use Cases That Actually Pay
A short list of AI applications in industry with a real, near-term return — and the longer list to be skeptical of.
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Customer ExperienceDec 20255 min
Customer Portals as Competitive Advantage
When a portal removes friction from a complex buy, it stops being a feature and becomes a moat.
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