ouR EXPERIENCE
Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Secure AI
AI and Human Experience Design
AI Software Delivery
Product Security
DevOps / DevSecOps
Cybersecurity
Software Development
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
Agile
Digital Anthropology
Leadership
Cloud and Cloud Security
Security Awareness and Human Risk
Threat Intelligence
Threat Modelling
Organisational Change and Design
The hosts of Compromising Positions have 30 years of combined experience working, consulting, writing for and speaking as keynote presenters internationally on the following topics and specialisms:
Our Services
Contract | Fractional | Interim Roles
Jeff Watkins and Lianne Potter work with organisations that need experienced technology and AI leadership now - not theory, not hype, and not another slide deck.
They provide contract, fractional, and interim CTO and CAIO support, combining AI strategy, executive advisory, cybersecurity, and digital anthropology to help organisations adopt AI safely, intelligently, and at pace.
From AI literacy and policy to innovation, transformation, and risk management, they help leaders understand where AI adds value, where it creates new forms of harm, and where it quietly shifts responsibility onto people who never consented to carry it.
The result: clearer decisions, stronger governance, and technology programmes that survive contact with the real world.
Keynotes, Events & Expert Public Speaking
Lianne Potter and Jeff Watkins offer professional keynote speaking, panel participation, live podcast episodes, conference talks, and podcast appearances. They are available both as the hosts of Compromising Positions and as individual speakers.
Their talks cover technology, cybersecurity, AI governance, ethics, trust, and human-centred design, combining real-world experience with engaging storytelling. Content can be adapted or created specifically to suit your event and audience.
With a proven track record of delivering talks virtually and in person, across the UK and internationally, to technical, non-technical, and academic audiences, Lianne and Jeff consistently deliver memorable and impactful sessions.
publications, OP-EDs & media Appearances
Jeff Watkins and Lianne Potter are outspoken voices on technology, cybersecurity, and digital ethics, regularly featured in premium publications including Raconteur, The Times, Forbes, Computer Magazine, and InfoSec Magazine, among others.
They are published authors and are currently writing books on Product Security, a book drawn from interviews on their award-winning podcast Compromising Positions, and a new book challenging the growing tendency to anthropomorphise AI, exposing how humanising machines distorts risk, accountability, and decision-making.
Through consulting, op-eds, and media appearances, they bring a critical, experience-led lens to the uncomfortable questions many organisations avoid: where responsibility really sits, how power is exercised through technology, and why convenience is so often mistaken for intelligence.