Kia Ora
I’m Iain. I build teams that run data, digital and AI practices, and I’ve spent my whole professional career in Te Tai Tokerau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand. I’m committed to building digital and data capability right here.
I was born in Cyprus, grew up on the remote Scottish island of Tiree, and moved to New Zealand in 2003.
What I’m Into
These days it’s mostly learning how to build with AI, and how to deploy it responsibly - practising what I preach. This site is one of those projects, built from scratch, and the experiments are where I try ideas out.
I don’t take as many photos as I should, but the best of what I have taken since 2011 is in Photography, with some of my favourites free to download. I’m fussy about typography (just ask anyone who’s watched me kern a W), I’ll travel for a good Negroni and a plate of oysters, and I’ve spent the last three years coaching the second best men’s football team in the whole of Ngunguru.
How I Lead
- Build the team, then get out of their way. They’re the reason it works, not me.
- Know how to start, and how to deliver. Plenty of teams can do one.
- Move at pace. How I work, and also the advice I gave at Fusion5’s Business Redesign Imperative events.
- Nearly all IT projects are people projects. Build confidence with the people using the thing, and grow it over time. A distributed practice beats a central bottleneck.
Say Hello
Send me an email, I’d love to hear from you.