Jenny Dinh

Ironically, mining has the conditions AI loves. Repetitive workflows. Structured processes. Expensive inefficiencies. Measurable KPIs. Massive sensor data. On paper, mining is one of the most fertile environments for optimisation, forecasting, anomaly detection, and automation that exists in any industry. And yet we move slower than almost everyone. It's tempting to point to heavy assets and high-risk work as the reason. But aviation runs on heavy assets and risk too, and ha

Eighteen months ago I stood in front of a room of operators who'd been on site longer than I'd been alive and forgot how to speak. Fifteen minutes. Fourteen days a swing. I stood in front of a room of operators and delivered a prestart I knew was awful. Fifteen minutes. Setting the tone of shift. Safety. The stuff they've heard from every leader who came before me and every leader who'll come after. I said the words. I watched a guy in the back row look at his boots. Someone

A piece on creating change and understanding who can help or hinder you. Within every business lie wardens who guard culture. They assess potential change and maintain the status quo. Cultural wardens are often mistaken for change resisters, when in reality their influence runs deeper than that. They hold institutional memory, protect teams from poorly considered change, and preserve efficiency, psychological safety, identity, and trust. We forget that the status quo exists f