Zia Karim

Projects

The wider work

An exploratory view of the products, research and writing. The labels separate built and benchmarked software from work in development, research without empirical results yet, and published ideas.

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Built · benchmarkedOperatingIn developmentResearch · pre-empiricalPublished
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ThreadneedleENTERPRISE MODERNISATION SOFTWARE

5 projects
MoorgateBuilt · benchmarked

Understand: maps a large estate and its dependencies before scope becomes a commitment. Published benchmark: 25M+ lines indexed in one run.

GuildhallBuilt · benchmarked

Build: governed software execution inside an institution-approved boundary.

Lombard RelayBuilt · benchmarked

Connect: moves value and messages through controlled workflows. Published throughput benchmark with run conditions.

Fenchurch ReconBuilt · benchmarked

Verify: high-scale reconciliation and exception handling. Published throughput benchmark with run conditions.

Trust Evidence StoreBuilt · benchmarked

Prove: tamper-evident records of changes and approvals. Published sustained-write benchmark.

Threadneedle LabsAPPLIED AI & ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH

4 projects
21A2Research · pre-empirical

Specified research framework for adaptive intelligence architectures. No optimiser or runtime built; the first comparison is designed but not run.

Jev / CLMsResearch · pre-empirical

Allocating cognition under uncertainty. Offline software validation only; live comparisons still to run.

Research ProgrammeResearch · pre-empirical

Applied AI and architecture research; evidence register maintained publicly.

Research Notes / ExperimentsResearch · pre-empirical

Public research notes and designed experiments. No published papers or completed model experiments in the current evidence register.

Escape Velocity InstituteINSTITUTIONAL SPEED & EXECUTION

6 projects
Structural SaturationPublished

A published body of ideas on structural limits and institutional capacity.

MicroinstitutionsPublished

Research and writing on institutional forms that combine capability, authority and accountability.

Enterprise VelocityPublished

Books and methods for moving enterprise systems faster.

Brain on Fire / GuildIn development

A small, selective builder community.

Disaster EquationsIn development

Compact diagnostic products and ideas.

Dinosaur EquationsIn development

Compact diagnostic products and ideas.

Ventures / BuildsNEW BUSINESSES FOR HARD PROBLEMS

5 projects
AnweyaIn development

Healthcare referral platform.

TallyIn development

Enterprise sustainability data and evidence workflows; in pilot.

Earth LabIn development

Climate and supplier engagement platform work.

WhatsApp Agentic WorkerResearch · pre-empirical

Delegated work through a conversational interface.

thesis-riskResearch · pre-empirical

Decision and thesis-risk tooling.

Publishing / IdeasBOOKS, ESSAYS & PUBLISHED IDEAS

6 projects
The Modernization MandatePublished

Why change gets harder as institutions grow, and how leaders can make it a lasting capability.

The Art of LeveragePublished

Why the same effort produces very different results depending on where and how it is applied.

Beyond the ModelPublished

How the systems around an AI model determine what it can reliably do, and who remains responsible.

Nothing Is BrokenPublished

How a successful institution loses the ability to change the arrangements that made it successful.

The AI Productivity DividendPublished

Where the value created by AI goes, and the investment decisions that determine who keeps it.

Clarkehouse PressOperating

Publishing imprint of Chancery Works; the books shown are a selection from its current catalogue.

Institutions

3 institutions
Holborn Mercer

Enterprise platform engineering, from architecture through delivery.

Chancery Works

Intellectual property, licensing and publishing.

Clarkehouse Press

Publishing and distribution of the books.