How AI helps me leaving work so I can pick it back up
I work across several projects and can’t keep every detail in my head. Here’s how I use folders, handover notes and AI to pick up where I left off.
Ronan McDonnell
Tasks are easier than Plans
AI is very good at tasks and not so good at plans. The difference is continuity, and it turns out nothing carries that forward unless you build it yourself, to your context.
AI Can’t Connect Dots That Don’t Exist
AI won’t transform areas like healthcare simply because the models become more capable. Its real potential depends on something far less glamorous: connected data, secure infrastructure and engineering systems that make AI worthy of our trust.
We’re Measuring Activity, Not Outcomes with AI
AI has enormous potential, but adding it everywhere is not the same as making work better. The useful question is not whether AI was involved, or how much it produced, but whether it helped make better decision, a faster delivery, a clearer plan, or a measurable change in how work gets done.
Research Publications
A list of all my publications, as a (co-)author. It will also give you a feeling for the types of research projects I worked on.
Keep Your Own Personal Context
When working with AI, notes, decisions, project history, and working context should live somewhere you control.
Work Overview
All of my current and past work history in one place.
A shared data platform for a disease that crosses borders
Current Role - Product and technical leadership for a pan-European academic research project to find an effective treatment for ALS.
All models are imperfect, but some are useful
Every model/approach to any problem you choose will have limitations. That’s unavoidable. The mistake is thinking you can design your way around that upfront. You can’t. The only real choice is which problems you want to have.
Launch of the LYQD Exchange
The LYQD exchange has launched! Here I am talking about it.
How I Work Across Multiple Projects Without Burning Out
Managing multiple projects without burning out? It’s possible - but only with the right systems. Here’s how I use Notion, AI, themed workdays, and systems to stay focused, protect my energy, and actually enjoy the process (most of the time!)
Platform55
A description of my work with Platform55, a HR platform transforming how organisations support today’s family at work, supporting individuals to balance their career with family life.