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Essays on what is changing.
Short pieces from High Impact Group on AI strategy, defensibility, and the structural shifts reshaping commercial, government, and not-for-profit organisations.
Strategy28 April 20267 min read
What remains defensible in an AI-restructured market
The engineering moat is gone. Four moats remain — and they are not equal. A practical guide to defensibility in an AI-restructured market.
Government24 April 20267 min read
Legitimacy is the real moat in the public sector
The frameworks that organise commercial AI strategy do not translate cleanly to government. Why legitimacy is the real moat in the public sector.
Not-for-profits21 April 20267 min read
Mission is the real moat for not-for-profits
Why mission, not technology, is the durable moat for not-for-profit organisations as AI restructures the sector.
Markets17 April 20262 min read
The trillion-dollar gap that is closing
Trillion-dollar consulting and integration businesses were built on closing the gap between generic software and real organisations. AI is closing it for them.
Markets14 April 20262 min read
The middle of the software industry is in trouble
Generic platforms that needed armies of integrators are structurally exposed. Why the middle of the software industry is the part most at risk.
Workforce10 April 20262 min read
What used to be a hire is now a workflow
How AI is collapsing the headcount-to-output equation — and what that means for organisational design and the next round of hires.
Strategy6 April 20262 min read
You do not have to accept the template anymore
When building software cost millions, you had to accept the template. You do not anymore. The economic logic that forced sameness on every business is gone.
Strategy3 April 20262 min read
The end of forced sameness
For four decades, software made you change your business to fit the tool. When building costs collapse, specificity becomes the value — not the obstacle.
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