James Hetherington
@jamespjh.bsky.social
Data and computers and code and people.
What does this do to the role of (public sector in particular) CIO? What changes in the balance of skills and priorities? How do IT org cultures change? I think, not back to the nerdy cottage industry of the 00s but also cannot sustain the tech-clueless mainly-a-consumer culture of 10s and early 20s
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
What does this do to the role of (public sector in particular) CIO? What changes in the balance of skills and priorities? How do IT org cultures change? I think, not back to the nerdy cottage industry of the 00s but also cannot sustain the tech-clueless mainly-a-consumer culture of 10s and early 20s
What does this do to the moat of platforms like Dynamics or Salesforce vs just doing things with open source libraries? I’m not sure.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What does this do to the moat of platforms like Dynamics or Salesforce vs just doing things with open source libraries? I’m not sure.
Consider especially the work to go from your orgs org model, business processes and culture to a good IT soln, as expressed in configuration and integration of platform solutions, bespoke tweaks to platforms… this is large. Seems likely to be very reducible by LLM as config files to shared base.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Consider especially the work to go from your orgs org model, business processes and culture to a good IT soln, as expressed in configuration and integration of platform solutions, bespoke tweaks to platforms… this is large. Seems likely to be very reducible by LLM as config files to shared base.
Even before LLM, cost of supplier managers, procurement, service and delivery orgs in IT is huge. Nontechnical CIO orgs are not cheap at all, and SaaS costs are very hard to control.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Even before LLM, cost of supplier managers, procurement, service and delivery orgs in IT is huge. Nontechnical CIO orgs are not cheap at all, and SaaS costs are very hard to control.
Hackney, London. Newham, London. Waltham Forest, London.
October 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hackney, London. Newham, London. Waltham Forest, London.
“Places I would like to work” is also a factor.
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Places I would like to work” is also a factor.
Honestly, I was assuming most of your answers would be mostly American so was being European as a counterpoint. But no one else replied yet. So now I feel exposed.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Honestly, I was assuming most of your answers would be mostly American so was being European as a counterpoint. But no one else replied yet. So now I feel exposed.
CSCS, BSC, LRZ, EPCC, A*STAR
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
CSCS, BSC, LRZ, EPCC, A*STAR
Ok, it didn’t quite work, but you get the point.
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ok, it didn’t quite work, but you get the point.
Hey, we invented Tulips!
That’s a flower.
Yes, we’ve been quietly growing flowers for 50 years. But now we decided to Call Them Tulips! The final flower!
Right, but it’s frustrating to ignore all the good work in growing flowers.
Yes, but you’ve gotta be Tulip ready!
That’s a flower.
Yes, we’ve been quietly growing flowers for 50 years. But now we decided to Call Them Tulips! The final flower!
Right, but it’s frustrating to ignore all the good work in growing flowers.
Yes, but you’ve gotta be Tulip ready!
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hey, we invented Tulips!
That’s a flower.
Yes, we’ve been quietly growing flowers for 50 years. But now we decided to Call Them Tulips! The final flower!
Right, but it’s frustrating to ignore all the good work in growing flowers.
Yes, but you’ve gotta be Tulip ready!
That’s a flower.
Yes, we’ve been quietly growing flowers for 50 years. But now we decided to Call Them Tulips! The final flower!
Right, but it’s frustrating to ignore all the good work in growing flowers.
Yes, but you’ve gotta be Tulip ready!
Also I have loads of conferences coming up including one in the Pestilent States…
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Also I have loads of conferences coming up including one in the Pestilent States…
Non-sick employees are a more exploitable resource.
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Non-sick employees are a more exploitable resource.