In 2005, my first book Human Interactions was published. Astonishingly, at the time it was the first (and possibly may still be the only) formal theory of collaborative human work – a mathematical account of how people actually work together to get things done, and how to do it more effectively. Over many following years…

We need the trades back, front and foremost in our national consciousness, and with a fresh new look. AI can’t fix your roof yet, and it may never make sense to ask it to. But AI can make sure that someone is available to go up on a roof, they bring the right tools and materials, they…

In my home town, a large riverside area of disused factories in wasteland has the potential for equitable housing and economic regeneration in the midst of natural beauty. How exactly to achieve this goal has been the subject of debate for many years. Recently, to much local rejoicing, the debate was finally resolved in favour…

There is a Danish saying, made famous by Niels Bohr: “Never try to predict anything, especially the future”. Then there is the Prussian military adage: “No plan survives first contact with the enemy”. Planning is tough. Especially in the UK, where every council prides itself on having created its own set of planning regulations (“design…

Dedoctive has two origin stories. One is my co-founder Peter Lawrence’s lifelong interest in unstructured vs structured data, and how to release the potential of the former by leveraging techniques for the latter. To learn how Peter’s voyage of technical discovery is culminating in Dedoctive, visit his blog about Knowledge Model-Driven Q&A. The other origin…