Advisory
Advisory for organisations working through a technology shift.
Most organisations do not fail at buying technology. They fail at adopting it.
The tool arrives, nobody owns it, and the way people work does not change. I help leadership teams work out what is real, when to move, and who has to carry the change for it to last.
01 · What usually goes wrong
Four signs the change is not landing.
These are the patterns I see most often. None of them are technology problems.
You are investing in AI, but nobody can explain how it connects to what the organisation is actually trying to do. The result is noise rather than direction.
The tools accumulated instead of being chosen. Each one solved a moment, nothing fits together, and the friction compounds.
Part of the business moves fast and part of it thinks in decades. Someone has to translate between the two, and right now nobody does.
You are evaluating AI, blockchain or deep-tech opportunities without a pattern lens for what happens after the first wave of enthusiasm.
“The root cause is rarely the technology. The systems were never designed — they accumulated. The signal is in the pattern, not the symptom.”
02 · Engagements
Four ways to engage.
Every engagement starts with a conversation about the terrain, and is scoped from there. No public rate card, because the work differs each time.
Briefings
A focused read on a technology, category or market shift: what is real, what is overstated, who is already moving, and what to watch next.
Useful before a board discussion, a budget decision or an investment thesis. Delivered live, with a short written summary afterwards.
Stack Reading
A 30-day review of how the organisation actually works — technology, team, culture and operating rhythm — and where the friction really sits.
You receive a written map of the current state and a prioritised list of what to fix first. Not a tool recommendation deck.
Ongoing pattern advisory
A standing outside read for funds, family offices and leadership teams working through a fast-moving technology landscape.
Monthly sessions, a read on what you are seeing, and a consistent view across decisions rather than a one-off report.
Sovereign and institutional
Technology strategy where the timeline is measured in decades, and where the hard part is bringing people and institutions with the change.
Drawing on direct work with the Government of Tuvalu on digital-nation strategy, and on international fintech governance.
03 · Background
Where this work comes from.
Fifteen years operating as a developer, designer, business development manager, community manager and fractional CxO — from bootstrapped startups to international fintech and a sovereign government.
- Advised the Government of Tuvalu on digital-nation strategy and emerging technology
- Helped introduce Slack inside IRESS, which became Slack’s first enterprise customer in Asia-Pacific
- Early to Bitcoin in 2013 and among Notion’s earliest users
- Former Global Head of Community, Bitcoin Association
- Advisory Board, Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN)
- Featured by BBC Radio, Tech In Asia and Discover Magazine
- Fifteen years working across code, culture and community
- Founder and fractional CxO experience, from bootstrapped startups to international fintech
04 · Start
Engagements are limited.
I take on a small number of advisory engagements each quarter. Tell me what you are deciding and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.