Board & Operations

Tony Wood.

I work across boards and operations to turn intent into execution: better decisions, clearer accountability, and systems that stay useful when they meet operational reality.

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Tony WoodLondon, UK40 years in IT3 years focused on agentic workersBoard & OperationsAgentic Systems

Where I operate

Strategy, risk, leadership, and execution belong in the same conversation.

This site brings together practical writing, deeper research, and a public agent-readable layer for people working through complex decisions about AI, governance, operations, and organisational capability.

Boards Clarifying intent, priorities, risk appetite, decision quality, and accountability. Operations Turning board intent into operating cadence, visible ownership, and fewer silent failures. Capability Building AI-enabled systems that support judgement, oversight, and commercial reality.

Latest writing

Shorter essays and operating notes

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May 2, 2026 / 5 min

The Workday Is Measured in Tokens Now

A personal reflection on running out of tokens, choosing the right level of intelligence for the task, and why the future workday may be bounded by model budget as much as hours.

May 1, 2026 / 4 min

I Can Do Everything Now. That's the Problem

A personal reflection on what happens when the old blockers disappear and the real work becomes choosing, pacing, and staying human.

May 1, 2026 / 5 min

You Are Competing With Token Cost, Not AGI

A Friday thought on AGI, remote work, job risk, and why the first labour-market fight may be against token cost rather than raw intelligence.

Research

Playbooks, papers, and board-level frameworks

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April 21, 2026 / 7 min

Stop Paying The Data Tax: The Agentic-First Website Playbook Leaders Are Quietly Switching To

Most companies rely on platforms like LinkedIn or PitchBook to share public profiles and key information.

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February 10, 2026 / 8 min

Your AI Token Bill Is About To Explode: The Leadership Playbook To Stop The 10,000-Agent Wall

A leadership-level, plain-English guide to treating tokens as a hard operating limit, building token budgets into every proof of concept, and putting Finance in control before agentic scale breaks production.

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