Dead Reckoning

Why we built Centru 3

A strategic reference model for optimizing AI investment, managing risk, and scaling with confidence. Published free, for everyone.

Jul 23 • Andrew Welch

March 2026

Escaping pilot purgatory

A blueprint for multi-agent, multi-cloud AI at global scale. Introducing “The Frontier Campus”.

Mar 31 • Andrew Welch

August 2025

These are the days of miracle and wonder. AI is the long distance call.

Thoughts from the UN's AI for Good Summit — the data divide, English as AI's default worldview, and the cognitive debt we're quietly accruing.

Aug 21, 2025 • Andrew Welch

March 2025

A call to arms for trustworthy AI

Kennedy said space had no conscience of its own. Neither does AI. Trust demands far more of us than accurate answers.

Mar 25, 2025 • Andrew Welch

February 2025

A moment of reckoning for humanitarian and public sector technology

Funding is vanishing and expertise may now walk out the door. What survives will be the organizations that stop treating technology as a cost center.

Feb 6, 2025 • Andrew Welch

December 2024

The city that is your cloud

Ecosystem maps, neighborhoods, and why the whole estate needs a picture before any part of it gets built.

Dec 5, 2024 • Andrew Welch

November 2024

Principles of ecosystem-oriented architecture

The gap between technology waves is closing. Six principles for building estates that can absorb what comes next.

Nov 25, 2024 • Andrew Welch

October 2024

A framework for the AI journey

Five pillars, twenty-five dimensions, and a maturity model for honestly assessing whether your organization is ready for AI.

Oct 10, 2024 • Andrew Welch