Occam's razor, applied
Complexity is a cost, not a credential. I remove what does not earn its place, then defend what stays with evidence rather than habit.
AI · Enterprise · Solution Architecture
The simplest architecture that works.
Independent advisory in AI and enterprise architecture. I strip estates back to what works, then prove the rest with evidence.
01 · Approach
How I approach an estate.
AI you can govern
Governance built around the risks that matter. It comes from running an enterprise AI assurance programme, so the controls map to how delivery runs.
Decisions you can act on
You get a recommendation, with the reasoning and the trade-offs named. No 90-page report that ends in "it depends".
02 · Engagements
Four ways to work together.
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AI governance & assurance
Stand up AI governance that survives delivery. Risk controls, assurance, and board-ready evidence for the AI you deploy.
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Architecture review
An independent read on your estate: what to cut, what to keep, and the order to do it in.
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Pragmatic AI adoption
Adopt AI where it pays. I size the case, prove it on one workload, and scale only what works.
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Bizzdesign & architecture operating models
Set up Bizzdesign properly: metamodels, viewpoints, repository structure, governance workflows, and the EA/SA operating model around the tool.
03 · Whitepapers
Evidence, written down.
Vendor-agnostic notes on architecture and AI governance. Practical, quantified, free to read.
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The Pragmatic AI Governance Operating Model
A lean operating model for UK regulated industries: use-case intake, risk-tiering, tiered controls, an AI register, and review gates that sit inside delivery. Stand it up in 90 days.
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From AI Pilots To Governed Scale
A practical scaling layer for regulated organisations: intake, classification, ownership, evidence, supplier checks, live registers and monitoring before AI reaches live service.
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AI Assessment for Contact Centres
Vendor evaluation questions for AI in customer-facing, enquiry and appointment-booking systems. Built for procurement, RFP scoring and due diligence.
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AI Governance Quick-Start
A lean way to stand up AI governance: which controls come first, and which can wait.
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Architecture Review Method
My method for taking an enterprise estate apart, from intake to a sequenced recommendation.
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ECM Modernisation Playbook
A vendor-agnostic route through content platform replacement, including where the risk concentrates and how to sequence it.
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04 · Principal
Jake Stennett.
Occamly is me. No bench, no associates. I work across enterprise, solution and AI architecture, both in practice and in designing the operating models that support them, across a range of UK regulated sectors. I am a former Bizzdesign consultant, and currently lead an enterprise AI governance programme.
The work is hands-on: playbooks, architecture reviews, and governance your teams pick up and run without me in the room. You get a clear recommendation and the evidence behind it. Sometimes that recommendation is don't, and I'll say so.
I also built Bizzdesign Scripting, a VS Code extension for Bizzdesign scripting support, because good architecture tooling should make the useful path easier.
05 · Contact
When you have a decision to make.
Start with an email. One paragraph on the problem is enough. I'll tell you whether I can help, and how.
[email protected]