Q42025 | 2026 Green Paper by Mark Hewitt
Autonomy is not optional. It is the defining enterprise capability of the next decade. In an environment of disruption, volatility, and complexity, enterprises that embrace autonomy will thrive, while those that delay risk irrelevance.
Yet autonomy must remain human-centered. It must be designed to empower people, not replace them. Machines will manage scale and complexity, but humans must continue to provide creativity, ethics, and judgment
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Securing AI Coding Agents: Lessons from the nx Package Attack by Dakota Kim
The nx package attack was a complex attack chain that was based on social engineering of AI agents rather than technical exploits. This highlights a fundamental principle: security responsibility remains with the human operator, regardless of tool sophistication!
AI coding agents offer substantial productivity benefits when used with appropriate security controls. The key is implementing defense-in-depth strategies that assume both human error and malicious actors.
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Ethical AI Governance and the Role of Human Oversight by Mark Hewitt
Ethical governance isn’t a barrier to innovation, it is the foundation of trust-driven growth. For enterprises pursuing scaled AI adoption, the question is not whether to embed human oversight. It is whether your organization can afford not to.
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Practical Steps for Integrating Human-on-the-Loop AI by Mark Hewitt
By implementing HOTL frameworks, CEOs and COOs enable AI to operate at enterprise scale while keeping human insight in the loop where it matters most. This is not a constraint; it’s a competitive advantage.
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CEO Corner: The Future of AI Autonomy: Balancing Automation with Human Judgment by Mark Hewitt
As AI systems mature and move deeper into core business operations, enterprise leaders face a strategic inflection point: how much autonomy should be given to machines, and under what conditions should human judgment remain in control?
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The State of Coding Agent Models: August 2025 by Dakota Kim
This post will walk with you through three ideas:
How agentic tooling works as the way you interact with these models.
How to think about the model that serves as the “coding brain.”
How to look at benchmarks and leaderboards so you can make a fair comparison.
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Ensuring AI Governance: The Role of Human Observability by Mark Hewitt
Observability is not a compliance checkbox. It is the backbone of responsible AI. Enterprises that treat governance as a strategic advantage, rather than a constraint, will be best positioned to thrive in a world where AI is both powerful and scrutinized.
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The Power and Peril of Using Multiple Simultaneous AI Coding Agents By Ed Lyons
The use of multiple coding agents is difficult to supervise, but this technique can yield significant benefits to developers who learn when and how to use them.
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Executive Corner - AI ROI: The Strategic Mandate for H22025 by Mark Hewitt
What does successful AI investment actually look like in 2025? The answer lies in a clear, disciplined framework that moves from efficiency to intelligence to transformation.
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Strong Project Specs are the Enabler of AI Coding Agent Success by Ed Lyons
But Amazon’s new Kiro agent IDE is taking that much further. It coerces you into holding off on generating code until you have created a sequence of technical documents that feels a lot like… waterfall methodology.
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AI Is Not an Experiment—It Is a Boardroom Mandate for CIOs by Mark Hewitt
As the primary architect of technology strategy, the CIO must champion AI with the same rigor applied to cybersecurity, data governance, and digital infrastructure. Elevate the conversation beyond proofs of concept. Insist on KPIs that reflect business value, not merely technical feasibility. And above all, ensure the board understands that AI success is a leadership imperative, not a technological curiosity.
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Strategic Digital Consulting for Enterprises in the AI Era by Mark Hewitt
What was once a simple proposition—“Just use our API”—has evolved into a model where teams of strategists, engineers, and domain experts embed alongside clients to rewire their operations from the inside out. This is not merely about demonstrating the power of a large language model in a sandbox. It is about transforming business systems, processes, and outcomes at scale.
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