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Beyond the
day job.

Side projects I'm building and books that have shaped how I think. None of this is core to what I do for clients — but it's part of what makes the work better.

Things I'm Building

Side projects that
solve real problems.

I build products outside of SAP consulting — not as distractions, but because I'm drawn to problems where the right software changes the equation. Each one is a live experiment in shipping something useful.

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Live
Personhood360
Wellbeing and development tracking for early education
A SaaS platform that helps early childhood educators nurture, monitor and measure child wellbeing — using 9 Wellbeing Markers and 8 Developmental Domains to build a fluid picture of each learner.
  • Learning stories and activity documentation
  • Real-time parent connection and feedback
  • 96% of teachers say it saves them valuable time
  • Cost-per-learner model, works on desktop and mobile
Visit personhood360.com →
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Beta
Tradie-AI
The on-site AI assistant for Australian tradies
An AI agent that handles the admin tradies hate — quoting, invoicing, emails, material lists, site checklists — through voice, text or image input. Built for plumbers, electricians and every trade in between.
  • Voice, text and image interaction on-site
  • Generates quotes, invoices and proposals
  • AI-powered job matching and career support
  • Standards lookup with instant answers
Visit tradie-ai.com →
Why these? They come from the same instinct as my SAP work — find a process that's harder than it should be, understand the data behind it, and build something that makes the outcome better. Different industries, same thinking.

Travel

Places that shaped
how I work.

Twenty years of global SAP programmes took me to a lot of countries. Three I've called home, a dozen I've run workshops in, and a few more I've just been lucky enough to visit.

Lived
Worked / ran workshops
Visited

The best lesson from running global programmes: every country thinks its SAP problems are unique, and most of them are right — in interesting ways.

Milestones

Things that took
more than a weekend.

A few personal commitments that remind me the same principles apply outside work: show up, prepare, pace yourself, finish.

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2023 · Blue Mountains
100km Ultramarathon
A year of training taught me more about pacing long programmes than any project-management course. Preparation is the whole game — the race is just the audit.
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Brașov · Romania
Winter Hike, Carpathian Mountains
Hiking the Romanian mountains in the middle of winter. Cold, quiet, and a useful reminder that good gear and a calm pace beat enthusiasm every time.
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Rugby · Humanitarian Tour
Cuba
A tour that was half rugby, half community work. Came back with a very different view of what "under-resourced" actually means — and what people still manage to build with almost nothing.
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Rugby · Humanitarian Tour
Kenya
Playing and working alongside local clubs and community projects. One of those experiences that quietly reframes what you think is important back home.

Reading

Ideas that shape
how I work.

A few books that have stuck with me — not because they're popular, but because they changed how I think about building things, running a practice, or understanding complex systems.

Strategy
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
"How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you." Changed how I run discovery workshops — in SAP and in product.
Systems Thinking
Thinking in Systems
Donella Meadows
The best explanation I've read of why complex organisations behave the way they do. Every SAP programme is a systems problem in disguise.
Building
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Build, measure, learn. The same loop that works for startups works for SAP data products — ship something small, get feedback, iterate.
Craft
Shape Up
Ryan Singer (Basecamp)
The best framework I've found for scoping work so it actually gets finished. I use the "appetite" concept constantly — in consulting and in product builds.
AI & Future
Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
The most grounded take I've read on working alongside AI. Not hype, not fear — practical frameworks for what's already happening.
Endurance
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Bruce — swap this for a book that's meaningful to you. Running, surfing, resilience, mindset — whatever fits. This slot is yours.