Solving systemic challenges requires more than just technology

It requires a deep understanding of human behaviour, policy frameworks, and market dynamics. Below is a selection of my published research, media commentary, and frameworks designed to accelerate the adoption of novel solutions to complex socio-economic problems.

Synthesists & Instrumentalists

The problems we face and the capabilities unlocked through frontier technology and better human understanding require a new type of expertise, one that moves beyond the previous dichotomy of generalists and specialists. Find out more:

• The Missing Conductor & their Players: why solving systemic challenges at global scale requires new types of actors.

• The Missing Conductor (In Brief)

• The International Isolation Index: an example of synthesis at work.

Innovation Diffusion & Technology Adoption

A core focus of my recent work involves advancing the UK Government’s understanding of how complex systems adopt new technologies. Recent publications and frameworks include:

• Ideas to Impact: A co-created adoption pathway framework that synthesises behavioural science and adoption theory to accelerate system-wide technology uptake, specifically applied to UK energy networks through ISO56001 integration and AI-enabled behavioural analysis.

• Insights from the UK Innovation Diffusion and Adoption Survey: A quantitative and qualitative analysis establishing the policy framework behind frontier technology adoption for the UK Public Sector and Industrial Strategy.

• Making Innovation Matter: this report (DSIT Research Paper 2023/009) analyzes barriers to innovation diffusion and adoption (IDA) in the UK, aiming to help the country benefit from spreading innovative ideas.

Entrepreneurship & Ventures

A short series on the Entrepreneur’s Mindset which I hope to revisit later:

• Two questions every entrepreneur should answer (and one they shouldn't)

• Three things every successful entrepreneur needs to get right

• An entrepreneur's approach to risk

Policy & Advocacy

Previous work has focused on collective action problems for addressing climate change and energy transition.

• The Mayor's Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy

• Litterbugs: How to deal with the problem of littering

• Warm Homes

• The Root of the Matter

• Six Thousand Feet Under: burying the carbon problem

• Green Dreams: a decade of missed targets

Media, Commentary & Civic Technology

Passionate about the intersection of technology and community impact, I have pioneered software-driven metrics to validate social system change. My work and commentary on public service reform and civic technology have been featured across national platforms, including:

• Published articles in The Guardian and the leading think tank Policy Exchange.

• Expert commentary and debates on live national television and BBC Radio 4.

• Brokering Cabinet-level digital policy discussions.

Fellowships & Recognition

• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (RSA): Awarded for contributions to promoting community cohesion through civic technology.

• Innovation Pioneer, Deloitte: Recognised by the Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneers Programme for scalable impact in the social enterprise sector.