by Neil Alderson | Jul 2, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
The Impact Architect — Issue 8 A few issues back I wrote about the gap between HR data and finance data, the two slightly different versions of the workforce that almost every organisation carries without quite admitting it. I ended that post by saying I was still...
by Neil Alderson | Jul 2, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
Last week I gave a keynote on enterprise data in the age of AI and the same question reached me from two directions in the same few days, once from a conference audience in Leeds and once from a finance team over a drink afterwards. Everyone’s investing in AI...
by Neil Alderson | May 8, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
A situation I have come across many times whilst working with client teams is one where everyone can describe what’s going wrong in a process, but they can’t quite get to a shared understanding of what to do about it. Not because they lack expertise across...
by Neil Alderson | Apr 16, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
I bought a cold plunge pool last year, which quite frankly I look back on wondering what I was thinking, because the thought of jumping into ice-cold water is genuinely something that makes me want to run in the opposite direction. I didn’t buy it because I love...
by Neil Alderson | Apr 2, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
One of the most important processes in any business is being able to record, understand, and plan for your people. At its core, it’s a question of demand and supply: what capability does the organisation need to deliver against its goals, and what do we actually...
by Neil Alderson | Mar 19, 2026 | Newsletter - Impact Architect
There’s a conversation I have been involved with many times over my career, usually triggered by why the numbers came in differently than expected, whether a management report, programme financial plan or P&L insight. The forecast, budget or plan was...
