We treat AI like it’s new. But this isn’t the first time aggressive capitalists have pushed a new technology into an uncertain world: it happened with trains 200 years ago, and 100 years ago it happened with cars.

Those experiences taught us the danger of unregulated technology before. Now we need to choose again.

Some decisions are like haircuts: easy to change. Others are like tattoos: permanent, visible, hard to undo. Major infrastructure projects fall firmly in the tattoo category.

In a previous post, I advised that for “haircut” projects, we should just get on with it.

But what do we do about “tattoo” projects? That’s what today’s post is about.

For thousands of years, humans have tried to predict the future, from cracking turtle shells to financial models. Here’s why we still get it wrong and how we can build better business cases.

The biggest barrier to progress in transport isn’t politics, funding, or structures — it’s decision-making. But decision-making processes are human-made, and we can rebuild them. Drawing on lessons from Amazon and others, I share four simple tools that any transport organisation can start using tomorrow to move faster and more effectively. I

"By paying us your pennies, you go about your business". A hundred-year-old MacDonald Gill poster is inspiration for today

Company restructures often aim to weed out inefficiency. Too often, they make it worse…

What do I do when I’m not writing blog posts or recording podcasts? Today’s post lifts the lid on the mystery…

How as the turkey? Kids like their presents? In all the festive family fun, don’t forget to get Resolution Ready! Here’s my final five ideas. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It’s New Year Resolution season. With only a few weeks to choose, here are another five options

five bite-sized doses of inspiration for ways to get your organisation moving forward faster

Oslo’s transport authority is having success by focusing on “Coordinated Autonomy”. But this isn’t about autonomous vehicles - it’s about autonomous people. It’s an approach we can all learn from.

This is one of the most important posts I’ve written so far.

AI is coming but will it help us or hinder us? That depends on how we react.

The online tools used by startups that can help corporate innovation.

A story about why focusing on the business case (and not the business) can end up costing money.

In this story, the result was that decisions were escalated up not down, and failure cost much more than it needed to.

There is no better leadership training than building a startup from scratch. Here's what I learned.

Across the Western World, large organisations are finding it harder to make decisions.

But there's a toolbox out there to fix this and get businesses moving again.

The secret to getting things done quickly and cheaply lies in how organisations are run.

I know - I've been part of a team that's done it.

Staying on Twitter means providing free content and monetisation for Elon Musk.

In my first Freewheeling blog post for three years, I argue that it's time to quit Twitter and for regulators to end its monopoly.

A new business to help organisations get things done faster

What do founders need to succeed?