# Barry T. Whyte

> Personal site of Barry T. Whyte — AI Transformation and AI Enablement leader, and Business Engineer helping teams and organisations implement AI effectively. Former Bain & Company consultant, scaled Decoded from 7 to 100+, founded Series Q (London's queer entrepreneur community). Writes on AI Transformation, AI Enablement, leadership, and the future of work.

## Pages

- [Home](/): Overview of Barry's work in AI Transformation, AI Enablement, and the "Business Engineer" concept bridging tech and commerce.
- [Blog](/blog): Musings on AI, leadership and the future of work.
- [Escape Room](/escape): Interactive cyberpunk terminal experience — solve 5 puzzles to unlock chapters of Barry's professional story (The Strategist, The Scaler, The Builder, The Community, The Contact).

## Blog posts

- [Could workplace learning be a model for K-12 education?](/blog/workplace-learning-model-for-k12): On Alpha School's AI-first education model in Austin.
- [Could retail be the next big use-case for AI?](/blog/ai-sets-up-shop): On Andon Market in San Francisco, a physical shop run by an AI agent.
- [Sue Will Never Be Replaced by Sue-Bot](/blog/sue-will-never-be-replaced-by-sue-bot): Why human relationships become more valuable as code gets cheaper.
- [Is "Business Engineer" the next new hot job title?](/blog/business-engineer-next-hot-job-title): The role bridging tech and commerce.
- [Is the phone about to have a comeback?](/blog/phone-comeback-elevenlabs-summit): Notes from the ElevenLabs summit on voice AI.
- [Will it be an earpiece or will it be a pencil?](/blog/openai-hardware-earpiece-or-pencil): Speculation on OpenAI's hardware ambitions.
- [My top AI predictions for 2026](/blog/ai-predictions-2026): Year-ahead thoughts on the AI landscape.
- [Is AI making us smarter or are we just cognitively offloading?](/blog/critical-thinking-age-of-ai): On critical thinking in the age of AI.
- [It's cold, dark and wintery... time for a fireside chat](/blog/its-cold-dark-and-wintery-time-for-a-fireside-chat): Series Q fireside chats at the London HQ.
- [Bias, Opportunity and the AI Shift at London Business School](/blog/bias-opportunity-ai-shift-london-business-school): Talk recap from LBS.
- [ADHD and Confidence](/blog/adhd-and-confidence): Personal reflections.
- [Enabling AI Transformation at Ocado](/blog/building-ai-fluency-ocado-ai-champions-academy): Building AI fluency through the Ocado AI Champions Academy.
- [The ABCs of Agentic AI](/blog/abcs-of-agentic-ai): Primer on agentic AI.
- [Next week, GPT-5 is scheduled to drop](/blog/gpt-5-scheduled-to-drop): On the anticipated GPT-5 release.
- [Vibe coding is having a moment](/blog/vibe-coding-having-a-moment): On the rise of vibe coding.
- [Breakfast, AI, and Being Human](/blog/breakfast-ai-being-human): A central London catch-up on AI and humanity.
- [Are you spending too much of your life creating slides?](/blog/spending-too-much-life-creating-slides): On reclaiming time from slide-making.
- [Can you remember your favourite teacher at school?](/blog/favourite-teacher-at-school): On the lasting impact of great teachers.