The Coming Talent Crisis in Digital Infrastructure
Mark Schofield Mark Schofield

The Coming Talent Crisis in Digital Infrastructure

A major talent pipeline crisis is coming in the digital inrastructure industry, within the next three to four years. Rapidly shrinking delivery schedule timelines make entry-level training unviable, meanwhile, the existing workforce is aging and burning out.

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The Operational Risk Nobody Watches
Mark Schofield Mark Schofield

The Operational Risk Nobody Watches

Human factor risks are not just HR issues, they are significant operational risks. Boards would never accept financial or cyber risk being measured through anecdote and hindsight. Yet that is exactly how most organisations manage human factor risk.

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Human Factor Risk in AI Adoption
Mark Schofield Mark Schofield

Human Factor Risk in AI Adoption

AI has huge potential for businesses, but it creates a whole new layer of operational risks when organisations treat it as a solution to human unreliability, and fail to recognise it as a new source of systemic risk in its own right.

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The Hidden Cost of Compressed Delivery Timelines
Mark Schofield Mark Schofield

The Hidden Cost of Compressed Delivery Timelines

Compressed delivery timelines are increasingly prevalent, and acheivable with the new generation of AI-driven tools. But compresing the timeline of a project also squeezes the people within it, creating a new layer of operational risk.

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The Human Factors Behind Project Failures
Mark Schofield Mark Schofield

The Human Factors Behind Project Failures

Projects are human gatherings, and humans carry different rhythms, appetites for risk, communication styles, and decision habits. When those preferences clash or go unspoken, even a beautifully engineered plan can wobble.

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