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The Chemistry of Innovation
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The Chemistry of Innovation

I was asked to give a keynote speech at the TechPoint Community Connect event July 2026. The post below contains an expanded readable version of what I discussed including some graphics and the actual slide-deck embedded. If you missed the talk, this post is a great way to catch up on what was discussed.

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    The Chemistry of Innovation

    I was asked to give a keynote speech at the TechPoint Community Connect event July 2026. The post below contains an expanded readable version of what I discussed including some graphics and the actual slide-deck embedded. If you missed the talk, this post is a great way to catch up on what was discussed.

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    Behind the Product Podcast

    I was recently a guest on the Behind the Product podcast. We discussed my career, digital transformation, and the Rolls-Royce Software Factory.

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    A cheatsheet for setting up and managing PGP/GPG keys on a Yubikey, including SSH key generation, GPG backup and restore, and updating expiring subkeys.

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Behind the Product Podcast

I was recently a guest on the Behind the Product podcast. We discussed my career, digital transformation, and the Rolls-Royce Software Factory.

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