Insights
Clear thinking for consequential technology decisions.
Themes Spencer thinks, writes and speaks about—grounded in real transformation, governance, advisory and innovation work.
Themes
Practical judgement, not commentary for its own sake.
Responsible AI governance
How organisations can turn principles, regulation and risk appetite into decisions people can actually use. The emphasis is proportionate governance that enables responsible progress instead of adding ceremony.
EU AI Act readiness · ISO/IEC 42001 · NIST AI RMF · operating controls
AI strategy and adoption
Where AI creates credible organisational value, what needs to be true before adoption, and how leaders can separate a promising use case from an expensive distraction.
Use-case selection · value · risk · capability · adoption
Technology strategy
Making choices when the answer is not yet obvious: exploring feasible options, understanding the trade-offs and shaping a roadmap that remains accountable to business need and delivery reality.
Art of the possible · feasibility · options · roadmaps
Transformation and complex delivery
What it takes to align operating change, data, cloud, governance and multidisciplinary delivery. Transformation succeeds through connected decisions, not a technology workstream in isolation.
Leadership · operating change · governance · execution
Client and stakeholder leadership
How shared language, careful discovery and visible decisions build momentum across executives, clients, commercial teams, product leaders and engineers.
Discovery · alignment · trust · decision-making
Emerging technology made practical
A grounded view of AI, digital twins, XR and spatial computing: what these technologies can genuinely enable, the conditions in which they are useful and the path from concept to delivered value.
AI · digital twins · XR · spatial computing · innovation