Insights


What we're learning about teams, AI and engineering — plus the occasional announcement.

APP MODERNISATION & AGENTIC AI

Notes from the Frontier: Modernising Systems with Agentic AI

Paul Seymour and Bay McGovern share three real-world stories that show how agentic AI has rewritten the economics of legacy modernisation. 

01 Jun 2026

Strategy & Delivery


By Demelza Green August 29, 2026
We gave one engineer an unlimited token budget. What it bought is the story our Co-CEOs are telling at Gartner IT Symposium, Gold Coast, 16 September.
Patient Zero digital collage of Gorden Talis, Broncos and Jesse Wardlaw, Brisbane Lions
By Jacinta Streat July 14, 2026
High performing teams use clear social contracts to turn peer accountability, healthy conflict and shared agreements into delivery momentum.
EDUtech AU 2026 workshop participants using agentic AI to build student management system prototypes
By Lennah kuskoff July 7, 2026
At EDUtech AU 2026, executives used agentic AI to build student management system prototypes in under an hour.
Paul Seymour and Bay McGovern of Patient Zero delivering the keynote at Digital Health Festival 2026
By Paul Seymour & Bay McGovern June 1, 2026
Patient Zero's Paul Seymour and Bay McGovern share three real-world stories that show how agentic AI has rewritten the economics of legacy modernisation.
Jacinta Streat from Patient Zero in a room full of people with arms outstretched and a microphone
By Jacinta Streat April 15, 2026
This simple game shows how context and shared language impacts team delivery. Harness these lessons for immediate project momentum and technical excellence.
Dan Dekel of Patient Zero holding a handwritten love letter next to the OpenClaw lobster logo
By Dan Dekel March 10, 2026
AI's potential has shifted from "future speculation" to "current reality." A hands-on look at OpenClaw agents, automated travel booking, and the security risks of the new frontier.

Announcements


ARN Innovation Awards 2026 featuring a large cream-coloured “5 finalists”
September 1, 2026
Patient Zero is a finalist in five categories at the twentieth ARN Innovation Awards: Enterprise Partner, Emerging Tech, and three individual awards.
By Demelza Green August 29, 2026
We gave one engineer an unlimited token budget. What it bought is the story our Co-CEOs are telling at Gartner IT Symposium, Gold Coast, 16 September.
By Demelza Green March 9, 2026
Patient Zero sponsors Southstart 2026 in Adelaide. Explore the engineering and technical stewardship behind the Zero-Employee Startup lab.
Finalists for the 2026 Women in ICT Awards: Demelza Green and Irina Kudryavtseva
March 6, 2026
Demelza Green and Irina Kudryavtseva named finalists in the 2026 Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) for innovation and technical excellence.
Finalists for the 2026 Women Leading Tech Awards: Demelza Green and Hanieh Madad.
March 5, 2026
Demelza Green and Hanieh Madad named finalists in the 2026 Women Leading Tech Awards for leadership in Sovereign AI and Engineering Excellence.
An image reporting from Indo Pac 2025, showing crowds, main event signage, and Dan Dejkel
By Daniel Dekel February 3, 2026
Dan Dekel reports from Indo Pac 2025: Why "Just-in-Time" supply chains are dead and how Digital Sovereignty is the only defence against a decoupled future.