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Digital Economy Dispatch #246 -- The Promises and Pitfalls of Vibe Coding

What I learned building a professional AI assessment tool through conversational programming with Claude.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #245 -- What Makes for a Good AI Strategy?

Jul 20, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #245 -- What Makes for a Good AI Strategy?

Defining an effective strategy is a messy business. Here are three key frameworks that can help in the disruptive era of AI.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #244 -- Four Critical Engineering Roles for Scaling AI Delivery

Jul 13, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #244 -- Four Critical Engineering Roles for Scaling AI Delivery

Delivering AI-at-scale requires establishing four distinct engineering roles: Model Engineering, Prompt Engineering, Context Engineering, and Governance Engineering.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #243 -- 10 Academic Voices Every AI Leader Should Follow

Jul 6, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #243 -- 10 Academic Voices Every AI Leader Should Follow

Academia faces widespread criticism for irrelevance and inaccessibility. But digital leaders should not dismiss academic voices entirely when navigating AI adoption amid overwhelming commercial hype. Here are 10 academics who provide evidence-based, practical insights that help business leaders move beyond vendor promises to successful AI implementation grounded in rigourous research.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #242 -- Looking for AI Success in the Seams

Jun 29, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #242 -- Looking for AI Success in the Seams

Digital transformation succeeds when it connects systems rather than focusing on individual parts. AI is most powerful when deployed at these intersections to eliminate friction.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #241 -- Taking a Strategic Approach to Responsible AI Adoption

Jun 22, 2025

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10 min read

Digital Economy Dispatch #241 -- Taking a Strategic Approach to Responsible AI Adoption

There is pressure on leaders and decision makers to rapidly adopt AI. However, past digital transformation lessons guide us to prioritize strategic implementation and human impact instead of overreacting to AI hype.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #240 -- A Digital Transformation Perspective on the UK Spending Review 2025

Jun 15, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #240 -- A Digital Transformation Perspective on the UK Spending Review 2025

Viewed through a digital lens, the UK's new spending review commits billions to achieve global AI leadership. The challenge is to convert this ambition and investment into a practical path to deliver responsible AI at scale.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #239 -- OpenAI's Lessons on Scaling AI Adoption

Jun 8, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #239 -- OpenAI's Lessons on Scaling AI Adoption

Based on enterprise adoption experiences, OpenAI's new report offers seven practical strategies for scaling AI, emphasizing that success requires treating it as a new business paradigm, not just another IT project.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #238 -- Living with Digital Debt

Jun 1, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #238 -- Living with Digital Debt

The high cost and constant attention required by our digital lives creates a "digital debt". Will the latest wave of AI tools add to this debt, or are they the path to clear up the mess?

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #237 -- Thinking With AI, Not About It

May 25, 2025

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9 min read

Digital Economy Dispatch #237 -- Thinking With AI, Not About It

Leaders must shift from viewing AI as a tool to embracing it as "co-intelligence" -- a collaborative partner.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #236 -- Charting Your AI Course: A Guide for Busy Leaders and Decision Makers

May 18, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #236 -- Charting Your AI Course: A Guide for Busy Leaders and Decision Makers

How to start with AI can be confusing. A simple "AI Inside, Outside, Upside & Downside Review" framework can help busy leaders strategically integrate AI by examining internal operations, customer experience, growth opportunities, and potential risks.

Alan Brown

Digital Economy Dispatch #235 -- AI and the Human Reality of Digital Transformation

May 11, 2025

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Digital Economy Dispatch #235 -- AI and the Human Reality of Digital Transformation

Digital transformation in healthcare is well underway. But the reality of accelerating it with AI requires facing up to some serious human-centric challenges.

Alan Brown

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Digital Economy Dispatch #246 -- The Promises and Pitfalls of Vibe Coding

Digital Economy Dispatch #245 -- What Makes for a Good AI Strategy?

Digital Economy Dispatch #244 -- Four Critical Engineering Roles for Scaling AI Delivery

Digital Economy Dispatch #243 -- 10 Academic Voices Every AI Leader Should Follow

Digital Economy Dispatch #242 -- Looking for AI Success in the Seams

Digital Economy Dispatch #241 -- Taking a Strategic Approach to Responsible AI Adoption

Digital Economy Dispatch #240 -- A Digital Transformation Perspective on the UK Spending Review 2025

Digital Economy Dispatch #239 -- OpenAI's Lessons on Scaling AI Adoption

Digital Economy Dispatch #238 -- Living with Digital Debt

Digital Economy Dispatch #237 -- Thinking With AI, Not About It

Digital Economy Dispatch #236 -- Charting Your AI Course: A Guide for Busy Leaders and Decision Makers

Digital Economy Dispatch #235 -- AI and the Human Reality of Digital Transformation

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