Latest Thinking
Thoughts on AI, financial services, and the intersection of the two. Practical perspectives grounded in decades of experience.
The Control Stack Every AI Agent Needs
AI agents in financial services do not fail because they are too autonomous. They fail because firms give them too much ambiguity and too little governance.
The Trust Layer Your AI Is Missing
Most firms treat AI trust as a feeling. The ones getting results treat it as infrastructure with four distinct components that must be built deliberately.
The Note-Taker Trap
AI note-taking is the industry's favourite first step. For too many firms, it has become the only step. Here is why that matters and what to do instead.
You Haven't Adopted AI. It's Adopted You.
AI is not arriving as a project. It is arriving as behaviour. Most growing businesses already have an AI stack they did not plan. The job now is to see it, sort it, and shape it.
Why We Started Unwired Wealth
The AI hype is deafening. The failure rates are staggering. And yet the opportunity for wealth management firms has never been greater. Here is why we built Unwired Wealth.