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Exploring the interplay between technology, society and the organisations we build — through the perspectives of people shaping them.
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The Untouchable Effect
When expertise becomes too specialised to challenge — and what that costs the organisations that depend on it.
"The moment nobody in the room can question you is the moment the organisation stops being able to govern you."
In conversation with a former intelligence leader
On specialist knowledge and organisational power:
Season One
01
The Untouchable Effect
When expertise becomes too specialised to challenge.
PUBLISHED
02
Who Actually Owns AI?
The organisational problem hiding underneath the technology debate.
PUBLISHED
03
Security is not the Same Everywhere
Why copying another organisation's security model can make you less secure.
PUBLISHED
04
The Genius Problem
What happens when organisations are designed around exceptional individuals rather than resilient structures.
PUBLISHED
05
Why Does the Board Actually Need to Know About Cybersecurity?
Not another board checklist — a conversation about meaningful oversight.
PUBLISHED
06
Second-Order Effects
A synthesis: what intelligence, defence, cybersecurity, AI and regulation can teach each other.
PUBLISHED
About the Series
I have the privilege of crossing paths with remarkable people who are passionate about what they do. Some are peers, some are people I've met along the way, and some are close friends. Their experiences, ideas and perspectives have periodically challenged my thinking and shaped how I see the world.
Second Order Effects is an opportunity to share some of those conversations at a time of profound change in technology, security, AI and leadership — changes that are reshaping how we work, live and build organisations.
The series brings together people from different professions and backgrounds, united not by their field of expertise, but by their passion for what they do and the perspectives they bring.
These are small glimpses into much bigger conversations. Not definitive answers or representative views, but personal opinions, experiences and ideas worth hearing.
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