Who I work with
My strongest fit is with universities, research organisations and professional-services firms where AI decisions must withstand scrutiny around evidence, data, IP, quality and accountability.
The goal: clearer decisions, safer governance, faster delivery, and workflows your team will still use six months from now.
Universities, Research Institutes, Funders and Sector Bodies
Typical situations:
- •Departments need to decide how AI fits into assessment and supervision
- •Research teams want to use AI, but are unsure about ethics, data, and reproducibility
- •Senior leadership wants clarity on risks and opportunities for AI in research and teaching
I bring the perspective of a current professor and research leader with experience of institutional AI strategy, research assessment planning and national funding peer review. The work is practical and aligned with the realities of committees, regulation and institutional culture.
University budgets are under real pressure. A full Sprint is most useful where there is a named decision owner and a material cost of getting the decision wrong. For a bounded policy, document or event, Expert Input or a workshop may be more proportionate.
Have a bounded policy, strategy or event question? Email a two-line brief instead.
See the approach in AI in higher education: from policy anxiety to practical pilots.
Professional and Business Services
Typical situations:
- •You want to use AI to improve speed and margins, but you do not want to damage your reputation or clients' rights
- •You suspect AI could help with research, briefing, or reporting, but internal experiments have not reached production
- •You need a credible way to talk about AI use with your own clients
I help you design and implement small, focused systems and policies that match your actual workflow rather than a slide deck version of your organisation.
Need a quick independent view before commissioning a Sprint? Email a two-line brief.
Read more in the AI strategy for creative and digital agencies guide.
Funded Research-Led Organisations
Typical situations:
- •A funded research, cultural or innovation organisation needs an AI policy, assurance approach or practical workflow
- •A cross-institutional initiative needs a shared decision model rather than duplicated local experiments
- •A funded research, cultural or innovation team has a defined workflow, decision owner and delivery budget
I help translate research, policy and domain requirements into a defensible decision, a bounded pilot specification, or a working system with clear ownership and handover.
Testing whether the question is narrow enough to pursue? Email a two-line brief.
If you are exploring a bounded pilot, the rapid AI prototyping guide outlines how we scope, build, and test with real users.