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Roy Atkinson

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Writer | Analyst | CEO at Clifton Butterfield, LLC. cliftonbutterfield.com | royatkinson.com/home

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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Another #integratedITSM insight Problem Management is more than an IT process. Keeping people informed about recurring issues demonstrates accountability, builds trust, and shows that IT is focused on preventing disruption, not just restoring service. lnkd.in/p/ge-cWa_E #ITLeadership #CX #ITSM
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#integrateditsm #itsm #problemmanagement #customerexperience #servicemanagement #itleadership | Ryan Ogilvie
Another #integratedITSM insight Your customers probably don't know what Problem Management is, but they certainly know when the same issue keeps happening. Bringing them into the conversation shows I...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Every incident is an opportunity to learn, but only if we look beyond resolution times and ask what the incident reveals about the effectiveness of our ITSM processes. lnkd.in/p/gP4SH_Wc #integratedITSM #ITSM #IncidentManagement
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#integrateditsm #itsm #incidentmanagement | Ryan Ogilvie
An incident tells you what went wrong. The patterns across incidents tell you what needs to change. Are we using that data to improve services, or just counting tickets? #integratedITSM #ITSM #Incide...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A good release shouldn’t be memorable. It should simply work - without surprises, fire drills, or Monday-morning cleanup. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #ITSM #integratedITSM #ServiceManagement #ITTraining
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#itsm #integrateditsm #servicemanagement #ittraining | Blackfriar Consulting inc
Process Spotlight #6:: Release and Deployment Management The gap between "it works on my machine" and "it works in production" is where this process lives. Get it right and releases stop being events...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another #integratedITSM Essentials Insight Change Management is about managing risk but it also should ensure we are making changes that ultimately support the business objectives #ChangeManagement #ITSM #ITServiceManagement #RiskManagement lnkd.in/p/g64ez9yy
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#changemanagement #itsm #itservicemanagement #integrateditsm #riskmanagement | Ryan Ogilvie
Another integratedITSM Essentials Insight Change Management is about managing risk but it also should ensure we are making changes that ultimately support the business objectives #ChangeManagement ...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another #integratedITSM Essentials Insight Problem Management turns recurring incidents into lasting improvements by finding and addressing the causes behind the disruption. lnkd.in/p/gvURW5UY #ProblemManagement #ITSM #ITServiceManagement
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#problemmanagement #itsm #itservicemanagement #integrateditsm | Ryan Ogilvie
Another integratedITSM Essentials Insight Problem Management turns recurring incidents into lasting improvements by finding and addressing the causes behind the disruption. #ProblemManagement #ITSM ...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How well do you understand IT Asset management and how does it impact your organization? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #integratedITSM #ITSM #AssetManagement #ITAM
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#integrateditsm #itsm #assetmanagement #itam | Blackfriar Consulting inc
For IT Asset Management, the most important questions are less about “Do we have an asset inventory?” and more about whether you can trust the information enough to make operational, financial, securi...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another integratedITSM Essentials Insight Request Management lnkd.in/p/gUcMkyhX
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#requestmanagement #itsm #customerexperience #servicedesk #itservicemanagement | Ryan Ogilvie
Another integratedITSM Essentials Insight Understanding what is working well and not so well in your request management process is crucial for continual improvement. #RequestManagement #ITSM #Custom...
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Dion Hinchcliffe @dhinchcliffe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI safety discussions have reached sci-fi territory. techcrunch.com/2026/09/19/a... My take: For CIOs, this means proactive risk management, educational board convos, and ethical guidelines that must evolve rapidly.
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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable | TechCrunch
This week two conversations about AI safety went viral that demonstrate just how hard it is to discern AI fact from fiction.
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pro tip: The abbreviation vs. stands for *versus* not "verse."
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Process spotlight #3: Problem Management Fixing the incident stops the bleeding. Problem management stops it from happening again. Most organizations are great at the first and terrible at the second. #integratedITSM #ITSM #ProblemManagement www.linkedin.com/posts/blackf...
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#integrateditsm #itsm #problemmanagement | Blackfriar Consulting inc
Process spotlight #3: Problem Management Fixing the incident stops the bleeding. Problem management stops it from happening again. Most organizations are great at the first and terrible at the second...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Process spotlight #2: Request Management This is the process most users actually touch the most, and the one most often left informal. A clear request process is one of the fastest wins in ITSM maturity. #integratedITSM #ITSM #RequestManagement www.linkedin.com/posts/blackf...
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#integrateditsm #itsm #requestmanagement #servicemanagement #ittraining | Blackfriar Consulting inc
Process spotlight #2: Request Management This is the process most users actually touch the most, and the one most often left informal. A clear request process is one of the fastest wins in ITSM matur...
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Ryan Ogilvie @ryanogilvie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Process spotlight #1: Incident Management Getting things back up and running is the visible part. Getting good at it; consistently, with the right escalation and communication, is what separates reactive teams from reliable ones. #integratedITSM #ITSM www.linkedin.com/posts/blackf...
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Incident Management Essentials for Reliable Teams | Blackfriar Consulting inc posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Process spotlight #1: Incident Management Getting things back up and running is the visible part. Getting good at it; consistently, with the right escalation and communication, is what separates reac...
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Congrats ANT RUS VER #f1 #ItalianGP
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Triangle Beagle Rescue @tribeagles.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Adoptable beagle of the day-Macy! www.tribeagles.org/product/macy...
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Et tu, Apple?
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Bill Quiseng, Customer CARE expert @billquiseng.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
QUI TAKEAWAY: Your customer service team should be seen as a long-term investment in your business, not a short-sighted labor expense. #customerexperience #customerservice #employeeengagement #employeeexperience #custexp #custserv #cx
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 26/08/2026
Happy National Dog Day to all the cynophilists out there.
cynophilist
sə̇-ˈnä-fə-lə̇st
noun 
{cyn + phile + ist] 
 someone that is favorably disposed toward dogs
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
National Dog Day! Here’s our buddy Nick in our backyard. He’s getting old, and we love him. ❤️
An old black dog, now mostly gray, stands in a grassy yard.
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Bodleian Humanities Library @bodhumslib.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our #ResourceSpotlight this week is....Oxford University Open Podcasts: Philosophy! 🎤 With series covering over 2000 years of thought, from Plato's Euthydemus to Ethics in AI, there's something here for everyone. Deep thinkers, be sure to tune in! podcasts.ox.ac.uk/units/facult...
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Faculty of Philosophy | University of Oxford Podcasts
Oxford is one of the world's great centres for philosophy. More than one hundred and fifty professional philosophers work in the University and its colleges, between them covering a vast range of subj...
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Governance, Risk, and Compliance expert Mark Thomas says it brilliantly in this post: "You cannot hear a rattle from blueprints; you have to drive the car." markthomasonline.com/ai-governanc... #GRC
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My Digital Twin Told Me No: 13 AI Governance Controls
I ran thirteen AI governance controls against my own digital twin. Four of them I had never taught. Here is what a one-agent audit reveals at enterprise scale.
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Bill Quiseng, Customer CARE expert @billquiseng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This Week’s QUI Rule of The Three BE's to Deliver the World's Best Customer Experience: QUI Rule #1: BE the Customer. QUI Rule #2: BE Magnificently Boring. QUI Rule #3: BE the Bonus: Think RELATIONSHIPS or Go Broke. Literally. #customerexperience #customerservice #custexp #custserv #cx
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If a 1959 Lincoln Continental and a Citroën DS had a baby.
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My favorite name for a mountain (and state park).
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Waseem Ahmed @waseemitsm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Inside ten years of incident history are patterns connecting applications, suppliers, infrastructure, changes, and recovery actions. A human analyst sees fragments of that knowledge; an AI system can examine relationships across the entire history.
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Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Messiest Incident Log
Why commoditized foundation models make proprietary operational context your true competitive moat.
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The help desk has always been fertile ground for social engineering. Now the methods and tools are many.
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Marie Clark's desire was to help people. She reached her Do Point® when she knew she wasn't helping. Hear her story on Reach Your Do Point®. Full video: youtu.be/Uwr-fUpLVec?... Audio only: www.iheart.com/podcast/966-...
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Finding Alignment - Marie Clark
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/07/2026
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
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LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button
Following 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.
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Waseem Ahmed @waseemitsm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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The Economics of Service Value
Why Organizations Misprice, Mismeasure, and Misunderstand the Value Services Create
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Values only matterwhen they show up in how work really gets done." - Justin Robbins, author of More Than a Motto, on the Reach Your Do Point® podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
A photo of author Justin Robbins with the text "Values only matterwhen they show up in how work really gets done."
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If you'd rather read than watch or listen, I've posted a lightly edited transcript of my Reach Your Do Point® conversation with @justinrobbins.bsky.social royatkinson1.substack.com/p/more-than-...
A photo of author Justin Robbins showing the transcript title, More Than a Motto: A lightly edited transcript of my conversation with Justin Robbins, Founder, Metric Sherpa
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Congrats ANT LEC VER #f1 #BelgianGP
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Coming up next on the Reach Your Do Point® podcast: Metric Sherpa founder Justin Robbins discusses the company and his new book, “More Than a Motto.” @justinrobbins.bsky.social What put the metric in Metric Sherpa?
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Thanks, @thinkers360.bsky.social www.thinkers360.com/top-50-globa...
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Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on IT Strategy 2026 | Thinkers360
Discover the Top 50 on IT Strategy. Connect with key opinion leaders for B2B thought leadership & influencer marketing campaigns. Drive brand awareness & industry authority.
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
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BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We're coming back after our summer hiatus with a new episode of the Reach Your Do Point® podcast. Watch this space! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Reach Your Do Point®
Business Podcast · On this podcast, host Roy Atkinson will be sharing stories from many who have found their Do Point® and eliminated the barriers to their success. (Do Point® is a registered trademar...
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It’s Nick’s Gotcha Day! We adopted him in 2019, shortened “Pumper Nickel” to “Nick,” and have spoiled him rotten.
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Bill Quiseng, Customer CARE expert @billquiseng.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
QUI TAKEAWAY: Thinking about customer service excellence does not make it happen. Doing something does. Customer service excellence is action, not attitude. #customerexperience #customerservice #custserv #custexp #cx
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The relationships are part of the system. Good insights from @waseemitsm.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/xentrixu...
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The Spaces Between
Why Modern Organizations Fail Between Systems, Teams, and Decisions
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Congrats LEC RUS HAM #f1 #BritishGP
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Think about where most people actually meet AI today... It's the chatbot that won't let you reach a human. It's the airline's system that's brilliant at denying your refund and useless at anything else." - Jesse Hollander #CX www.linkedin.com/pulse/whose-...
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Whose Side Is the Algorithm On?
The AI backlash is really a trust crisis — and consumer-friendly AI is how we defuse it. This week The Economist put the AI backlash on its cover, and the numbers are sobering.
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Congrats RUS VER ANT #f1 #AustrianGP
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Reach Your Do Point® @dopoint.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In this episode, Roy Atkinson interviews @charlestbetz.bsky.social, a composer, lyricist, and arranger with a rich background in music and a unique journey from IT to musical theater. Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... Video: youtu.be/1E7x2vrbQ5Q?...
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IT to Musical Theater - Charles T. Betz
Podcast Episode · Reach Your Do Point® · May 10, 2025 · 32m
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Roy Atkinson @royatkinson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Oh dear. I've just seen a "kickoff" meeting at the start of a project described as a "pre-mortem." Yes, I would hope it's "before death." I also hope that death is not the only possible outcome for your project. 🙄
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Reach Your Do Point® @dopoint.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Navigating the change from technician to leader isn't easy. N.J. Robinson has some advice on this episode of Reach Your Do Point®. Full video: youtu.be/hLYm9iIUBks?... Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Influence: The Essence of Leadership - N.J. Robinson
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Reach Your Do Point® @dopoint.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
On the Reach Your Do Point® podcast: "I'm firmly on team human." - CEO Dan Turchin of @peoplereign.bsky.social Full video: youtu.be/0Lll4BIlUdo?... Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #AI #FutureOfWork
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I'm Firmly on Team Human - Dan Turchin
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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 19/06/2026
Databricks and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski has a phrase for the AI industry's current trajectory: "feudalism with better branding." He's trying to fight AI's concentration of power by incentivizing top AI researchers to do their work out in the open. sources.news/p/fight-to-k...
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The fight to keep AI research in the open
Andy Konwinski is building an open counterweight to the big AI labs. Also: Midjourney tea, Amazon's chip move, and concepts of a plan.
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Reach Your Do Point® @dopoint.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Customer Service philosophy needs to permeate the organization. Listen to what bestselling author Shep Hyken has to say on this episode of Reach Your Do Point®! Video: youtu.be/Vb1iTb_E68E?... Audio: www.iheart.com/podcast/966-...
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Customer Service: A Cultural Philosophy with Shep Hyken
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Reach Your Do Point® @dopoint.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Governance, risk, and compliance are huge in today's business world. Hear what an expert has to say in this interview with Mark Thomas. Video: youtu.be/c86Hw-bedM8?... Audio Part 1: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... Audio Part 2: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... #GRC #governance
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Reach Your Do Point®: Navigating Governance: Insights from a GRC Expert
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
AI tools are commoditizing. What matters now is who can access your data—your email, finances, digital life. Chris Riley, executive director of the Data Transfer Initiative, makes the case for trust infrastructure to govern the ‘agentic’ ecosystem before the floodwaters rise.
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Building Trust Infrastructure for Agentic AI
"Agentic" AI has shined a spotlight on the value of personal data for an audience far bigger than the usual portability crowds, writes DTI's Chris Riley.
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