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AI Risk Leadership

October 15, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

You Already Have an Agent Harness. Where the Model Runs Doesn't Change That.

A local model and an external API are both solvers. The stopping rule, the permissions, and the definition of done stay yours either way.

Recent articles

Six latest posts on AI, platforms, and technology leadership.

An empty chair at the centre of a boardroom decision path, representing missing accountability in AI governance

AI Governance Leadership Risk

September 2, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

Everyone Owns AI. So Why Is Nobody Accountable?

Enterprise leaders set the boundaries for responsible AI. Every consequential use case still needs one named business owner.

Small Teams, Big Output — and the Fragility Nobody Prices In

Leadership Risk

August 5, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

Small Teams, Big Output — and the Fragility Nobody Prices In

AI lets six people do the work of twenty-five. The resilience the other nineteen quietly provided doesn't show up in any metric — until it fails.

The Engineering Mindset Is Becoming Everyone's Job

AI Leadership

July 8, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

The Engineering Mindset Is Becoming Everyone's Job

AI rewards people who can turn work into structured, repeatable, improvable systems. Not everyone needs to code, but more people need to think like engineers.

AI Future of Work

May 28, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

How AI Is Reshaping the Labor Market — and the Skills We'll Need Next

AI is changing work at the task level. Explore labor market exposure, productivity shocks, and the capabilities workers and employers need in an AI-augmented economy.

Cyber resilience as a business imperative

Security Resilience

March 26, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

Beyond Security: Why Cyber Resilience Is Now a Business Imperative

Cyber resilience is no longer just an IT concern. Explore why businesses must prepare for disruption, protect digital trust, and recover quickly.

FinOps team reviewing financial data and charts

FinOps Cloud

January 15, 2026 By Marcel van der Vliet

FinOps in Practice: How to Control Cloud Costs Without Slowing Innovation

Build a FinOps discipline so cloud spend stays visible, accountable, and aligned with business value—without blocking innovation.

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2025

AI Architecture

November 7, 2025

Agentic RAG Systems: Pioneering Autonomous AI-Driven Content Creation

How agentic RAG systems turn retrieval and generation into a workflow that decides what to look up next.

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Fintech Crypto

September 26, 2025

Stablecoins Unleashed: The Digital Currency Bridge to Tomorrow's Economy

Explore how stablecoins are reshaping global finance, from regulatory frameworks to cross-border payments.

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Sustainability Innovation

August 27, 2025

Sustainable Living in 2025: Innovations for an Eco-Friendly Future

Explore breakthrough innovations in renewable energy, smart cities, plant-based food systems, and managing AI's energy demands in our sustainable future.

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AI Travel

June 26, 2025

How AI is Revolutionizing the Travel Industry and Transforming OTAs in 2025

Discover how AI is reshaping travel through hyper-personalization, dynamic pricing, and autonomous agentic systems that transform OTAs into intelligent travel orchestrators.

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AI Integration

May 29, 2025

Harnessing MCP: Redefining Software Patterns and Integration in the Age of AI

Explore how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) paves the way for next-generation agentic systems and seamless integration.

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Quantum Security

April 25, 2025

Quantum Computing: Navigating the Quantum Frontier

Explore quantum computing's evolution from theoretical research to practical breakthroughs, including security implications and the first quantum operating system.

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AI Software

March 25, 2025

Beyond Readability: Unwinding Decades of Human-Centric Code for a Machine-Optimized Future

An exploration of the shifting paradigm from human-readable to machine-optimized code in the age of AI.

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Strategy AI

February 20, 2025

The Silent Revolution: Leading Digital Transformation in the Age of AI

A CTO's guide to navigating the biggest technological shift of our generation.

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Sustainability Green Tech

January 23, 2025

Green Tech Meets Digital Transformation: The New Business Imperative

How forward-thinking CTOs are building sustainable digital infrastructures.

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2024

Engineering Teams

December 18, 2024

Beyond Code: Building Human-Centric Engineering Teams in an AI World

Strategies for developing tomorrow's technical talent.

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CTO Strategy

November 15, 2024

The Modern CTO Playbook: Bridging Business Vision and Technical Excellence

Strategic frameworks for technology leadership in uncertain times.

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Platform Architecture

October 18, 2024

Architecture at Scale: Building Tomorrow's Platforms Today

A strategic guide to future-proof technology decisions.

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