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Blockchain for Grown Ups: Cutting Through the Hype

By Prasanna Pendse and Ross Petit

Every week you get an invitation to a blockchain conference. Every magazine and newspaper has an article about blockchain, and every company you talk to has an “innovation lab…

A Clojure Technology Radar

By Suzi Edwards-Alexander

Every six months or so, we publish our Technology Radar. The radar sets out the changes that we think are currently interesting in software development, the things in motion that we think you should pay attention to and consider…

Financial Services 2025: Eight Strategic Forces that are Transforming the Industry

Organizational inertia is being driven by a set of turbulent strategic forces.

By Aneesh Lele and Anupam Kundu

What happens to today’s…

Financial Services 2025: How to Grow in the Challenging Years Ahead

By Aneesh Lele and Anupam Kundu

Senior executives at two of the world’s largest asset management firms recently told us that the industry is filled with bloated enterprises…companies that…

Infrastructure as Code: The Automation Fear Spiral

By Kief Morris

To Triumph in the Unknown, Don’t Try Too Hard

By Jonny Schneider

To innovate, is to enter the unknown. Doing this induces anxiety, even among seasoned professionals. In most organisations — where failure is not an option — leaders have many fears. They fear what they do…

Infrastructure as Code: From the Iron Age to the Cloud Age

By Kief Morris

Most organizations today have adopted IT infrastructure automation tools and dynamic infrastructure platforms such as private or public clouds. However, the technology alone isn’t enough…

The Unfinished Business of Organizational Transformation

By Aaron Sachs and Anupam Kundu

Many large, traditional organizations and their famously successful leaders have embarked on ambitious missions to “create, operate and trade” new businesses to compete with…

Three Common Mistakes of the First Time Tech Lead

By Patrick Kua

The first time a developer steps into the role of a Tech Lead can be difficult. The skills and experience of a seasoned developer do not automatically translate into the skills necessary for the Tech…

Navigating your Career as a Woman Leader in Tech

By Laura Paterson

As the topics of ‘women in leadership’ and ‘gender equality in the tech industry’ remain firmly in the limelight, I have spent some time reflecting on my own personal journey, particularly stepping…