Knowledge
Our function analysis is grounded in a published method and supported by a free tool you can use yourself. Read the reasoning, try the tool, and follow the field notes as they’re published.
A risk-based framework for deciding what AI should do, what to keep under human discernment, and how reliable each function needs to be. Introduces the CARBS assessment and a worked, instrumented example. Fully searchable.
Read the white paper Download PDF ↓A free coaching tool that walks you through the first stage of a FAST diagram: brainstorming functions and refining them into clean verb-noun pairs, with two AI models checking each other’s work. Free, no sign-up.
Open functionanalysis.app ↗See an example of a FAST → the Ethos project estimating solution.
Insights
Short, practical pieces on value, risk and innovation: how to frame a decision, where AI genuinely helps, and what the numbers tend to reveal.
Insights and field notes will be published here. In the meantime, you can follow Stephen’s writing and background at stephencresswell.co.uk.