Anthony Butler

Strategic Innovator | 💼 Empowering businesses to scale with sustainable, client-centred software solutions. 🌍 Social impact advocate.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

@shadowaguy @VraserX Yes, this is an important question @shadowaguy.

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🚨BREAKING: Millions are out on the streets right now in towns and cities across Spain in a mass protest against Pedro Sánchez and the invasion of Ceuta

THE FIGHT BACK IS ON!🔥

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

The first question shouldn't be:
"How do we use AI?"
It should be:
"What business problem are we trying to solve?"
Everything else follows.
#AI #Leadership

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

I keep seeing BI implementations where dashboards are live but decisions haven't changed. The data isn't the problem. Nobody agreed on what the numbers should mean before building the reports. Fix the definitions, fix the trust. That's where the 30% decision speed-up comes from.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

A technology investment doesn't stop delivering value once it's implemented.

The organisations that see the strongest long-term return continue to review, optimise and adapt their systems as business needs evolve.

Implementation is the beginning—not the end—of value creation.

#Leadership #TechnologyStrategy #BusinessTransformation

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

The most important technology decisions should be made before a vendor is invited into the room.

Because choosing technology is only one part of a successful transformation.

The bigger challenge is making sure everyone is working towards the same outcome before procurement even begins.

#TechnologyLeadership #CIO

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

If a process only works because one person knows the "real" way to do it...

You don't have a process.

You have a dependency.

Before you automate it, challenge it.

Planning a transformation? Let's talk.

#Leadership #BusinessTransformation

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

Technology shouldn't automate yesterday's frustrations.

Design the experience first.

Then build the technology around it.

#DigitalTransformation #CustomerExperience

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

I've seen software evaluations with hundreds of scoring criteria.
The question nobody could answer?
"What outcome are we trying to achieve?"
Start there.
Technology selection becomes much easier.
#Leadership #TechnologyStrategy

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

The best technology strategy isn't implementation.

It's evolution.

Systems that aren't actively nurtured eventually become tomorrow's legacy platforms.

#TechnologyLeadership

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

The goal of a software selection process isn't consensus.

It's making the right decision.

Those aren't always the same thing.

#Leadership #SoftwareSelection

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

I keep seeing organisations rush AI deployment before anyone's asked who's accountable when it gets it wrong.

Speed of adoption is outpacing the governance frameworks needed to use it safely. In aged care and healthcare, that gap isn't theoretical. Fix the structure first, but act decisively when the structure is there.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

Most aged care leaders frame AI readiness as a binary question. Are we ready, or aren't we? It's the wrong question.

Readiness is across four dimensions — data foundations, integration maturity, implementation health, change capacity. Strong on two, weak on two? That's a completely different picture than "not ready."

Most organisations are further along than they think. Running a session on this today at the National Aged Care Convention. Come find us.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

23 years. 15+ industries. Same pattern everywhere.

Organisations stuck between "we should do something" and "we'll wait until conditions are right."

Talking about what's actually holding you back at the AI & Technology in Aged Care Forum next week. Not sector-specific - strategy-specific.

#DigitalTransformation #AI

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

Most aged care providers aren't stuck because they don't understand the problem. They're stuck because the last project went badly and nobody wants to repeat it.

Caution dressed up as strategy. The cost is real.

Speaking at the National Aged Care Convention this week on exactly this. Come find us at the barista bar.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

I keep seeing multi-site rollouts go sequential because it feels safer. It isn't. Problems built into site 1 don't surface until site 3 - when you're re-implementing somewhere already live. Parallel implementation is 40% faster, more cost-effective, and catches issues early.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

Spoke to a CEO recently.

They paid for “independent assurance” on a tech decision.

The consultancy recommended a platform that was never going to work.

I hear versions of this too often.

Independence in this space is rarer than it should be.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

Australian orgs have lost hundreds of millions on "safe" IT choices.
The myth: global brands are lower risk.
The reality: license costs are 20% of total investment. Implementation, integration, training: 3-5x initial estimates.
Vendor-neutral assessment reveals what sales pitches hide.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

APP 8 accountability: Australian orgs remain responsible for data even when hosted overseas.
US CLOUD Act: US law enforcement can access data in AU data centres if vendor is US-based.
AU$50M penalties + OAIC enforcement = informed risk management required.

[Anthony Butler @anthbutler]

Most Australian orgs don't know where their CRM data actually lives.

Default settings from 3 years ago ≠ today's compliance requirements.

APP 8 + AU$50M penalties + OAIC enforcement sweep = worth checking.