Ben Holliday

This is my blog where I’ve been writing for 20 years. You will find posts about digital transformation, design and leadership. You can also find me on Bluesky and LinkedIn. In 2022 I published a book for TPXimpact, Multiplied.

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Digital in an AI-era

Breaking down organisational challenges and responding to change with technology. Read more

The importance of the stories we create for ourselves

Philippe Petit’s World Trade Center high-wire stunt in 1974 and the stories we take as true. Read more

Happy Christmas from AI

How Coca-Cola used AI to create its 2024 Christmas advert. Read more

Monthnote: December 2024

Small bets for digital transformation

Exploring optionally and how small bets can be a radical option to make progress. Read more

Test and learn in UK government

A response to Pat McFadden’s ‘test and learn’ speech. Read more

Monthnote: November 2024

Most things can be conquered

Taking inspiration from how Billy Connolly talks about living with Parkinson’s Disease and depression. Read more

Smallness

Exploring why it’s possible to grow an organisation while staying beautifully small. Read more

Analogue because of digital

The problem with the language of ‘analogue to digital’ when we have a health system that’s already full of technology. Read more

AI Snake Oil

Sharing my notes and thoughts on this new book by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor. Read more

Monthnote: October 2024

Monthnote: September 2024

Lost between primary and secondary care

A personal NHS story about broken systems. Read more

Making as a form of thinking

What we can learn from the work of Antony Gormley, British sculptor and artist. Read more

Monthnote: February 2024

My principles for simplicity

What simplicity means to me… why it’s important, and why it’s hard to achieve. Read more

Monthnote: January 2024

Content design as a multiplier for LLMs and GenAI

The importance of investment in content design and why Generative AI will only be as good as what it works from. Read more

Bets on digital transformation for 2024

Exploring my predictions for the coming year in digital transformation. Read more