Heavily regulated industries like construction, mining, advanced manufacturing, or even medical and defence. Aren’t really risk adverse, they live in the world of even a very low probability negative outcome might have extremely high consequences. For example, if the Sydney Harbour Bridge fell over tomorrow, that would cause some serious disruptions around Sydney. That would be unlikely, yes, it would have extremely high consequences though if it did happen though!!! So what

A $12 trillion global industry Despite being a roughly $12 trillion global industry, construction productivity has barely moved. Since 2000, productivity has improved by around 10% in total. Over the same period, manufacturing has improved by closer to 90%. At the same time, demand for infrastructure, housing, and energy transition assets continues to accelerate. The result is not a mild inefficiency. It is a structural gap. McKinsey & Company estimates that, at current traje

There is a deep disconnect between the emerging tech shepherds & those that could benefit from the use of the emerging tech that runs deep in the BAU of our heavy industries. The harsh (and all to often impossible for the office folk to accept) reality is (and strap in for a controversial point): → Not every computer on a site or in a plant is even connected. In fact, There are many plants that generate $300M+ annually that I have first hand been to that simply do NOT have a

A Gemini rendition of many a room that I have pitched to! No brainer?… No brains?… a stumble to nowhere! There is an invisible wall holding you back, that’s real! There is also a way to get past it! But first, let’s dive into what’s driving it. The basic emotions Psych 101 time! Psychologists often describe six basic human emotions that appear across cultures: happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust , a framework popularised by Paul Ekman (google him, maybe gr

Why is it that some of the most promising academic projects and emerging tech startups seem to fail when hit with the cold water of reality? There is a gap, a misalignment of goals, a failure to communicate, something… I think it is because the best solution in the eyes of the idealistic creator is often not adoptable into the business as usual of the potential user business. As I talk about in my post The challenge isn’t technical . I completely get it, my VERY technical bac

No one will look up to listen, everyone is too busy for you and your wondrous tech, How do you get the right people to take a moment to ‘look’ at what you have to offer, and to ‘understand’ what it will do for them? Everyone is hectic, there are a lot of burning fires that need immediate attention, business as usual comes first. How do you cut through that? Rèport created the initial opportunity. You are hard limited to attention spans that are under constant bombardment; you

The six million dollar man was onto something… we have the technology! (if you are under 50, Google it!) I fundamentally get it, my heavy technical background has driven my thinking that way & has thoroughly set my default thinking perspective to be tech-first. And let’s be honest, a back flipping robot is pretty cool (useless on a job site perhaps, but cool nevertheless). But after my 15+ years in construction robotics, there’s a sobering reality that I keep bumping into. “I

After 15+ years in construction robotics, there is one truth I keep coming back to. The world feels genuinely scary right now. Gun attacks. Machetes. Random violence showing up in places that used to feel boring and safe. Even the daily commute carries tension that did not exist a decade ago. At least I can joke that if the robotics apocalypse arrives, all I need to do is step up a single stair and I am safe 🤖🪜 That line gets a laugh, but it lands because it reveals somethi

When people think about breakthrough performance or innovation, they often picture a single, spectacular leap forward, the big idea that changes everything overnight. But the reality, especially in business, technology, and applied innovation, is that sustainable progress rarely happens in a single jump. It happens through the disciplined aggregation of marginal gains: the deliberate, persistent improvement of dozens (sometimes hundreds) of small things that, when compounded,

Ideas are everywhere. Execution is rare. We’ve reached saturation point in AI hype, with panels, whitepapers, and pilots stacked high, yet little real progress where it counts. In construction, mining, and manufacturing, the gulf between PowerPoint and production has never been wider. The question that matters is simple: will you contribute to the noise, or will you lead the doing? 1. The Hype Spiral Is Broken Sam Altman warns of the “fast-fashion era of SaaS.” Arthur de Vaub

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