I came back from an AI strategy day at Mercedes-Benz World with agentic AI lessons worth keeping and racing metaphors I am not qualified to use.
Tag:Engineering Leadership
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Understanding the CTO Path: CTO, OCTO, vCTO, Fractional and the NED
Published: at 07:00 AM14 min readJoseph
The UK technology leadership market has splintered into CTOs, OCTOs, vCTOs, fractionals and Technology NEDs. A guide to what each role really involves, why the market created them, and how to choose between them, whether you're hiring one or aiming to become one.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Frontier: A Pragmatic Read on AI Adoption
Published: at 10:00 AM19 min readJoseph
Leaders are reasoning about AI as if it were one thing. Generalist productivity tools and specialist agentic tools are different conversations, and the frontier-vs-standard model gap is where most adoption plans quietly break.
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ACES: When Your Engineering Team Is an API
Published: at 10:00 PM13 min readJoseph
As coding agents take on more engineering work, model reliability and pricing quietly become delivery risks. This post covers the operational gaps most teams haven't addressed yet.
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The UK's NCSC says AI-generated software and vibe coding are inevitable, so security leaders should focus on guardrails and assurance now instead of pretending adoption can be stopped.