Most programs do not fail loudly. They drift.
I recover at-risk software and data programs, and I ghostwrite for the leaders who run them.
The status stays green a week longer than it should, a dependency slips, the reporting hides the risk instead of surfacing it. By the time the steering committee sees the real picture, recovery is expensive. I work with the leaders who inherit that picture, or who see it coming and want it handled before it costs them.
What I do
Two practices. One operating perspective.
Delivery recovery and re-baselining
For CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and PMO leaders whose program is off track, or about to be
- Delivery recovery sprintsRoot-cause diagnosis across governance, RAID discipline, dependency management, and escalation paths. Then a remediation plan with named owners and sequenced milestones. Not a report that sits in a drawer.
- Roadmap reality checksCommitments re-baselined against actual capacity and dependencies, so sponsors get a plan that survives contact with the next steering committee.
- Delivery health assessmentsFor leaders inheriting a program mid-flight. A clear read on status accuracy, reporting cadence, and where the real risk sits versus where the RAG says it sits.
Recovery is mostly subtraction, and it is mostly political.
Executive ghostwriting
For delivery, PMO, and transformation consultants who are strong at the work and invisible online
- LinkedIn thought leadershipConsistent, first-person content built from your real operating experience, structured to bring the right conversations inbound.
- Educational email coursesMulti-part sequences that turn your method into a lead magnet, from outline through copy and setup.
- Long-form essaysArticles and executive essays written for CTOs, CPOs, and senior delivery leaders.
The difference from hiring a marketer: I have run the programs my clients advise on. The writing carries the weight of someone who has sat in the room.
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The Model Is Probably Fine: Five Days to Find Out Why Your AI Programme Stalled
For the CEO, COO, CTO or head of delivery accountable for an AI programme that has gone quiet. Six lenses, one score, and one action a day that you can finish before your next steering committee. One email per day for five days.
- Day 1Green Until Week Twenty
- Day 2Value and Data
- Day 3Acceptance and Verification Load
- Day 4Economics and Adoption
- Day 5Count the Reds
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This is the conversation nobody has in the steering committee.
Programme Director, Financial Services
Finally, someone who understands what it actually costs when the programme goes quiet.
VP of Project Management, Healthcare
Selected writing
Thinking that reflects the field.
The AI Program Is Failing. Nobody Wants to Be the One Who Says It.
On why 95 percent of AI pilots deliver nothing, why the causes are delivery causes rather than technology causes, and why recovery is hardest in a workforce shaped by four years of layoffs.
Read the articleThe Leadership Deficit We're Hiding Behind AI
On leadership abdication, transformation theatre, and why technology cannot compensate for weak managerial judgment, trust, or culture.
Read the articleYour Roadmap Is a Work of Fiction. And Everyone Knows It.
On the gap between what a roadmap says and what the delivery team actually believes, and why closing that gap is a leadership decision, not a planning exercise.
Read the articleDiscovery call
Thirty minutes. No pitch. Just a real conversation.
If your program is off track, we will talk about where it actually stands, what recovery would take, and whether I am the right person to run it. If your expertise is stuck in your head instead of in front of the people who should see it, we will talk about what visible authority could mean for your pipeline.
No proposal before we have spoken. If it is not a fit, I will tell you.
If it is off track, or invisible, that is the work.