Shortlisted for the 2026 Business Book Awards — Smart Thinking
A.J. Thoresen
First Effectiveness, then Efficiency
A.J. Thoresen is the author of Decoding Efficiency and Innovation, shortlisted for the 2026 Business Book Awards in the Smart Thinking category.
A programme governance and transformation leader with experience in strategic infrastructure and major capital programmes in the UK, alongside transport and energy experience across Europe and Asia. With a background in building and embedding governance, controls and value-management processes to strengthen decision-making, delivery confidence and capital efficiency.
Creator of Chariklo AI, combining systems thinking and programme expertise with applied AI product development. Wider work explores innovation, organisational effectiveness and efficiency, and how people and organisations make decisions and put ideas into practice.