“By 2030, surviving probably means becoming agentic.”

The edge will go to firms that combine people and AI to build, improve and operate faster.

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John Knight speaking, shown from the waist up
John Knight

AI and evolving markets are opening up new ways to build:

Some are racing to modernise established systems. Others are wrestling with whether to preserve knowledge, retrain or replace people.

But don't get sucked into the 24-hour sprint camp straightaway. Overnight agents and productivity claims like 10x or 20x are meaningless unless measured against baselines!

Whatever the starting point, intelligent systems will become instrumental to how work gets done.

WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, AND WHO'S GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?

This is where Saltworth comes in...

Saltworth brings an independent view of the technical people market into business-critical thinking. We work with "problem owners" and those responsible for delivery to establish leadership decisions and team structures.

CTOs and engineering teams are forever under pressure to produce more with less. We know that boards and shareholders want results, so let's engineer them.

Let's discuss how to integrate your people as AI increasingly becomes a core operating layer of the business.

You can’t just buy a ton of licences and tell everyone to go agentic!

WAYS TO ENGAGE SALTWORTH

Monthly retainer | Team build-outs | Dedicated search | Contract staffing

Got something to build, deliver or change?

BRING SALTWORTH INTO THE PICTURE EARLY:

Get the requirements wrong in the first place and you’ll simply hire the wrong capability faster.

Do your key people understand how objectives, technology, workflows and teams fit together before deciding what capability to add?

LET'S TALK, PUT A PLAN TOGETHER AND SEE IT OUT:

You may have...

  • multiple products on different technology stacks
  • monoliths nobody dares touch
  • one division building agentic workflows while another relies on legacy systems
  • competing priorities, budgets and ideas about what comes next
  • tough calls on what to retire, rebuild, run in parallel or integrate...

Meet the person behind Saltworth:

"I love product development, technical businesses and the art of doing business. I'm in my element when I'm brought behind the curtain on the people side of business-critical plans to join forces. I go native pretty quickly and enjoy being part of the strategy just as much as getting underneath the brief and going to market. People think I'm good at sales, but my real strength is in the delivery. Technology has always moved fast, and so do I."

Let's team up.

John Knight on LinkedIn

John is open to exploring new engagements such as:

  • targeted assignments for contract work or dedicated team build-outs
  • early engagement, before HR or talent acquisition is in place, either “becoming” the in-house presence or complementing your existing function
  • strategic consultation, capability planning, and tactical recruitment delivery
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