Perspective & Analysis

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Structured thinking on AI adoption for maritime leaders.

Perspective, analysis, and learning resources - organised for leaders who need clarity and structure

Perspective

PerspectiveMay 9, 2026~12 min

The Door That Just Opened Inside Microsoft

Anthropic is now a Microsoft sub-processor. Claude Opus 4.7 runs inside the same tenant as your data. The agent layer connects to over 1,400 systems. For maritime companies that have been Microsoft-locked and AI-blocked, the procurement gate has moved.

PerspectiveApril 22, 2026~8 min

Which Problems Don't Belong to AI

AI adoption is three decisions at once: technology, business architecture, and human change. A framework from Harvard's Dr Arthur Brooks for discerning which problems belong to AI, and which belong to people.

PerspectiveApril 11, 2026~10 min

Steer Deliberately Into Disruption

What Anthropic's Mythos model means for maritime cybersecurity, invisible AI adoption, and why governance that waits for a crisis to define it arrives too late.

PerspectiveApril 5, 2026~9 min

Why Maritime Professionals Are Moving to Claude

A practical guide to Claude and the Anthropic product suite for maritime professionals, including how to migrate from ChatGPT, data privacy settings, and the governance considerations that apply to tool selection.

PerspectiveApril 1, 2026~7 min

MARE Forum: Three Things Worth Knowing About AI in Maritime

Three things worth knowing about AI adoption in maritime — organisational AI architecture, agentic workflows, and why starting with implementation is not always the right first move.

PerspectiveMarch 31, 2026~7 min

ISS Leadership Series: AI in Yachting

Structured AI adoption means holding five dimensions simultaneously: vision, discovery, security, efficiency, and accountability. Insights from the ISS Education Committee panel in West Palm Beach, March 2026.

PerspectiveMarch 28, 2026~7 min

AI in Superyacht Marketing: Insights from the USSA Superyacht Summit

Insights from the USSA Superyacht Summit AI in Marketing Panel, West Palm Beach, March 2026. Digital avatars, AEO, data governance, and what structured AI adoption looks like in practice.

PerspectiveMarch 14, 2026~12 min

Outranked by My Own Name: An AEO Origin Story

Understanding how AI systems form their picture of an entity, and doing the structural work to make that picture accurate and confident, is what shifted the results. An Answer Engine Optimisation story.

PerspectiveMarch 7, 2026~8 min

The Model Wars: Don't Get Caught on the Wrong Side

The AI model landscape shifts faster than most organisations can respond. A structured guide to the four layers — company, model, product, system — and why model agnosticism is the design principle that matters.

PerspectiveMarch 1, 2026~5 min

From Sea to Sky: My Core Purpose

I have always moved toward things that challenge me. The gap between understanding and not understanding is rarely about intelligence — it is almost always about access.

PerspectiveDecember 11, 2025~2 min

GPT-5.2: A Meaningful Step Forward

OpenAI released GPT-5.2 today — a significant leap in reasoning, decision-making, and complex multi-step tasks. Here's what it means for knowledge work.

PerspectiveDecember 2, 2025~2 min

Australia's National AI Plan: What It Means for Leaders

The Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources released the National AI Plan. Here's a quick TLDR and what it means for business leaders.

PerspectiveNovember 26, 2025~2 min

AI Is Advancing Faster Than Our Instincts

Major governments have released new AI initiatives showing how quickly the global environment is shifting. Here are three current updates shaping the landscape.

PerspectiveOctober 15, 2025~2 min

Building the Plane While Flying It: Reflections on AI, Power and Energy at SXSW Sydney 2025

Listening to OpenAI's VP of Global Affairs at SXSW Sydney 2025 made me realise that even frontier leaders feel like they're building the plane in the air.

PerspectiveOctober 9, 2025~2 min

What I Learned from a Day Inside the SXSW Sydney 2025 Hackathon

A reflection on the SXSW Sydney 2025 Hackathon x Build Club powered by National AI Centre — where the people mattered more than the prototype.

PerspectiveMay 25, 2025~1 min

Digital Avatars: A Practical Demo for Maritime Industries

At the Australian Superyacht Conference, I showed a Digital Avatar demo—a quick look at how AI can work for our industry, not just in theory, but in practice.