Dispatches
DispatchesDispatches From the Swamp
Short essays from execution. What worked, what didn’t, and why.Field notes from waist-deep in delivery. Wipe your feet.
Agentic AI is a process decision, not a model decision
Whether an agent pays depends on which process it joins and who owns that process. The model comes later.
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Give your agent a job description
Before an agent touches a live system, write down what it may decide, what it may touch and when it must hand over. Then hire it on probation.
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Count the pilots you stopped
One of the most useful AI metrics is the number of pilots you ended on purpose.
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A Lighthouse is a template, not a trophy
The World Economic Forum recognition was nice. The part that mattered was what the next thirteen sites could copy.
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Data sovereignty is a design decision
Where your data lives and who can move it is settled in the architecture. Finding out in the audit is the expensive way.
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