Paul Dorrell

News & Announcements

I’ve Started Writing Fictional Policy Documents and I Need You to Read Them

Mar 5, 2026

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2 min read

I’ve Started Writing Fictional Policy Documents and I Need You to Read Them

A fictional company. A real set of strategy, governance and policy documents.

Paul Dorrell

Strategy

Mar 3, 2026

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5 min read

Where Strategy Fails Structurally

Why execution breaks down even when leadership, culture, and intent are strong

Paul Dorrell

Something Different

Feb 19, 2026

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4 min read

Ontology, Taxonomy & Bureaucracy

The rise of the "Finanting Department"

Paul Dorrell

Quantum Series

You're Not Paying for Qubits. You're Paying for Shots

Feb 11, 2026

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11 min read

You're Not Paying for Qubits. You're Paying for Shots

How measurement economics dominate variational quantum algorithms

Paul Dorrell

Quantum Series

Feb 3, 2026

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12 min read

The Work Keeps Coming Back

Why decision structure, not capacity, determines throughput, and how a fourfold improvement was hiding in plain sight

Paul Dorrell

Quantum Series

Before Quantum Advantage: Certifying Entanglement on Real Quantum Hardware

Jan 20, 2026

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9 min read

Before Quantum Advantage: Certifying Entanglement on Real Quantum Hardware

A Bell state experiment with CHSH violation, tomography, and error attribution on superconducting qubits

Paul Dorrell

Quantum Series

Testing Quantum Optimisation on a Classic Problem

Jan 15, 2026

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10 min read

Testing Quantum Optimisation on a Classic Problem

What a Small Experiment Reveals About Hybrid Computing

Paul Dorrell

Something Different

Jan 14, 2026

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5 min read

Gold and the Intersubjective Narrative

Gold, Zinc, and the Compounding Power of Belief

Paul Dorrell

Game Theory

Jan 13, 2026

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2 min read

TactiPath Update v1.1.0

Faster, Clearer, More Powerful Decisions

Paul Dorrell

Quantum Series

Quantum Optimisation Before Quantum Advantage

Jan 8, 2026

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3 min read

Quantum Optimisation Before Quantum Advantage

Why quantum-inspired problem framing matters today, and what real quantum hardware still can’t do

Paul Dorrell

Systems Design Series

Transformation Is a Portfolio of Leverage

Jan 8, 2026

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6 min read

Transformation Is a Portfolio of Leverage

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 8 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Dec 10, 2025

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6 min read

Governance as the Control of Flow

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 7 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Decision Systems: The Metabolism of a Coherent Organisation

Dec 2, 2025

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6 min read

Decision Systems: The Metabolism of a Coherent Organisation

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 6 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Designing for Coherence: The Architecture of Adaptive Organisations

Nov 25, 2025

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6 min read

Designing for Coherence: The Architecture of Adaptive Organisations

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 5 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Beyond Maturity: Measuring Organisational Coherence

Nov 19, 2025

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5 min read

Beyond Maturity: Measuring Organisational Coherence

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 4 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Adaptive Transformation: From System Visibility to System Learning

Nov 4, 2025

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4 min read

Adaptive Transformation: From System Visibility to System Learning

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 3 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Cost Out vs Efficiency and the Genesis of Work

Oct 30, 2025

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5 min read

Cost Out vs Efficiency and the Genesis of Work

A Systems Transformation Series - Article 2 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Leadership & Culture

Sep 29, 2025

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5 min read

Towards Human-Centric Productivity

The organisation as a system and the future of work

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Sep 17, 2025

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6 min read

Quality ≠ Good

A System-Wide Approach to Transformation - Article 1 of 8

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Sep 9, 2025

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3 min read

What If: Strategy as a Game

Exploring how AI, game theory, and strategy collide in a mini-game experiment.

Paul Dorrell

Leadership & Culture

Sep 9, 2025

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3 min read

Still Struggling With Feedback?

A Simpler Way I Learned at EY

Paul Dorrell

Game Theory

Why Most Strategy Fails Before It Starts

Sep 8, 2025

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3 min read

Why Most Strategy Fails Before It Starts

Game theory isn’t just for geopolitics

Paul Dorrell

Leadership & Culture

Sep 7, 2025

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2 min read

Priorities vs Priority

Where are you spending your time?

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Education

Sep 7, 2025

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2 min read

Black Opal

Continuing my quantum studies

Paul Dorrell

Emerging Tech

Sep 7, 2025

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3 min read

AI Model Collapse

A new "Malase Era"?

Paul Dorrell