Technology leadership, without the theatre.
I’m a Chief Technology Officer based in Dubai, writing about technology, leadership, AI, cybersecurity, transformation, and the reality of getting things done inside organisations.
Notes on technology, leadership, and the reality of getting things done.
An irregular blog about the practical, political and human side of technology leadership.
CTO. Technology leader. Builder. Blogger.
Adam Lalani is a multi-award-winning Chief Technology Officer and digital innovation leader with almost 30 years of international experience spanning AI, cybersecurity, cloud transformation and enterprise technology strategy.
He has led technology teams and transformation programmes across logistics, aviation, government, shipping and retail — from legacy modernisation and cloud migration to AI-driven automation, predictive analytics and enterprise-wide digital change.
This site is where he writes about the practical reality of technology leadership: the decisions, systems, risks, politics and lessons that sit behind digital transformation.
From Adventures in IT
When the Pencil Was Enough
Several years ago a wonderful former colleague of mine told me the old story about NASA spending a fortune developing a pen that could...
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Copilot is Not an AI Strategy
There’s a pattern emerging across organisations — and it’s particularly visible in local government. London councils are rolling out Microsoft Copilot licences and presenting...
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What Actually Goes Through Your Mind During a Marathon?
My wife asked me this the other evening: “What do you actually think about in all those hours when you ran the Dubai marathon?”...
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Notes from the real world of technology leadership.
Thoughts on technology, leadership, strategy and the sometimes uncomfortable business of getting things done.
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