Writing
Bit of scribbling.
Thoughts on delivery, agile, university, sport and life.
Are MCPs the new APIs?
A practitioner's take on MCPs vs APIs, what they actually are, and whether the hype is justified.
Is Claude Mythos Ultron?
When Anthropic announced their most powerful AI yet and kept it hidden from the public, my first thought was Tony Stark. My second thought was a bit more serious.
Reflecting on my top 5 modules: Programme, Portfolio and Project Management
An honest reflection on the first module of my Level 6 Project Management Degree Apprenticeship — the one I had to re-sit, and what it taught me about strategic context.
Why agencies that don't make this shift will get left behind
The digital agency model is broken. Here's what the shift to consultancy actually looks like in practice, and what the data says about where the market is heading.
Reflecting on my top 5 modules: Contemporary Issues
On AI in public sector delivery, why trust matters more than technology, and the data problem nobody wants to talk about.
1 hour 57 minutes. Half marathon. Done.
Race day at the Rob Burrow Foundation Leeds Half Marathon. Headphones dead before the start line, crowds that carried me through the last two miles, and why I was emotional at the finish.
From "piece of cake" to shin splints
From naïve optimism to shin splints and cold January mornings — why I'm running the Leeds Half Marathon and York Full Marathon in 2026, and why I'm doing it for Alzheimer's Research UK.
Reflecting on my top 5 modules: business strategy
The first in a five-part series on the modules from my Level 6 Project Management Degree Apprenticeship that actually changed how I work.
Why I switched from Scrum to Kanban — and what happened next
A real-world account of transitioning a financial services client from sprint-based delivery to flow-based Kanban, and the lessons learned along the way.