Writing
Notes from the office, the platform and the operating table.
36 posts on books and building software, AI experiments, talks and awards, competing for Great Britain and coming back from a hip replacement.
Posts
The Control Standard: why I wrote a book about owning outcomes
Why Andrew Lee Ward wrote The Control Standard, the five control points at its core, and why he chose Graham Mack, a human narrator, for the audiobook.
Off the platform: volunteering for British Powerlifting
Andrew hasn't competed since his hip replacement. Instead he has volunteered for British Powerlifting, rebuilding its email, AGM voting and championship entries.
What readers ask me about lifting after a hip replacement
Andrew's hip replacement posts bring emails from athletes facing the same operation. Here are the questions they ask most, and how he approached each one himself.
Why I still build AI tools myself
Andrew runs an app and AI development company, but he still builds his own AI tools, from desktop dictation apps to an agentic content engine. Here are six, and why he makes them.
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Hidden Information Structure of Spacetime (Could They Be Two Sides of the Same Quantum Effect?)
Andrew revisits his AI physics experiment with a narrower, testable idea: dark matter and dark energy are two behaviours of one entanglement-response field.
How strong is my hip bone-implant interface? Returning to powerlifting after a total hip replacement
Could heavy lifting tear a hip implant loose? Andrew models osteointegration, hip contact forces and liner wear to estimate his lifting limits after surgery.
How I Unified General Relativity with Quantum Mechanics (Grand Unification With AI)
Andrew asked OpenAI's o1 reasoning model to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. A tongue-in-cheek experiment, with the resulting paper.
Hip replacement Q&A: my recovery journey at the three-month mark
Three months after a total hip replacement at 35, Andrew answers 32 questions on lifting, pain, a groin strain, mindset, diet and what he would do differently.
Surgery diary: powerlifting athlete Andrew has a total hip replacement at 35 (case study)
Andrew's day-by-day diary of a total hip replacement at 35: the surgery, his first week at home, a groin setback, the six-week check-up and heavy lifting again.
Andrew hits 175 kg bench press personal best at 2024 Worlds in Texas
At the 2024 IPF World Bench Press Championships in Austin, Texas, Andrew benched 157.5, 167.5 and 175 kg in the 74 kg Open class, the last a personal best.
Andrew secures first place at British Bench Champs 2024
Andrew won the 2024 British Bench Press Championships with a best lift of 167.5 kg, after a video referee overturned the final attempt of his strongest rival.
Andrew awarded Birmingham Young Professional of the Year in the Technology and Innovation category
Andrew wins the Technology and Innovation category at the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (GBYPY) Awards 2023, held at Eastside Rooms.
Andrew Publishes The ChatGPT Guide for Business! (A Quick-Start Guide to Effective AI Use in Work and Business)
Andrew's second book, The ChatGPT Guide for Business, is a beginner's guide to using AI at work: practical prompts, the main risks, and how to avoid them.
Andrew wins world bronze medal! (IPF World Bench 2023, 74 kg Open Men)
Andrew won bronze in the 74 kg Open Men's class at the 2023 IPF World Bench Press Championships in South Africa, his first medal at world level.
From mastering tech projects to launching and sustaining your startup: Andrew speaks on the Brio360 Podcast
Andrew talks to Peter Ho on the Brio360 Podcast about validating a tech idea, raising capital, managing startup finances and what powerlifting teaches founders.
Andrew Publishes "Execute Your Tech Idea": A Comprehensive Book for Your Start-Up Journey
Andrew Lee Ward's first book, Execute Your Tech Idea, is a step-by-step guide to finding, building and launching a tech idea without a technical background.
Andrew competes at 2022 Bench World Championships in Kazakhstan
Andrew placed fourth at the 2022 World Bench Press Championships in Kazakhstan, finishing with a good third lift of 170 kg after 152.5 and 162.5 kg.
Threepeat: Andrew wins the 2022 British Bench Press Championships
Andrew won the British Bench Press Championships in the IPF under 74 kg Open men's class for the third year running in 2022, opening with a winning 155 kg.
Andrew competes at IPF World Bench Press Championships 2021
Andrew placed 6th in the Open 74 kg men's class at the 2021 IPF World Bench Press Championships in Lithuania, representing Great Britain. Videos and photos.
Andrew hits 632.5 kg total at the British Powerlifting Championships 2021 (full power)
Andrew went 9 for 9 for a 632.5 kg total at the 2021 IPF British Powerlifting Championships (under 74 kg), a 52.5 kg PB, placing fourth on bodyweight.
Andrew wins British Bench for the second year running (170 kg in 2021)
Andrew benched 170 kg at 73.5 kg bodyweight to win the IPF British Bench Press Championships (under 74 kg senior men) for the second year running.
Andrew Ward places 1st at IPF English Bench Press Championships 2021 (video + photos)
Andrew won the under 74 kg senior and open men's class at the 2021 IPF English Bench Press Championships, lifting 150, 157.5 and 162.5 kg.
Andrew Ward wins British Bench Championships Feb 2020 (IPF, 74 kg senior men)
Andrew won the 2020 IPF British Classic Bench Press Championships in the under 74 kg senior men's class, lifting 157.5 kg at 73.7 kg bodyweight.
Andrew competes at the British Powerlifting Championships 2019
Andrew placed 8th of 15 at the 2019 British Powerlifting Championships in Dover: 202.5 kg squat, 142.5 kg bench and a 235 kg deadlift PB for a 580 kg total.
Andrew speaks at UoB Careers in Tech event
Andrew joins the panel at the University of Birmingham's Careers in Tech event in 2018, advising students and graduates on finding a path into the tech sector.
Modern CTO Podcast #6: Andrew Ward (audio)
Joel Beasley interviews Andrew on episode 6 of the Modern CTO podcast about machine learning, tech leadership, delegation and growing Scorchsoft and MODL App.
The Tricking and Acrobatics Society Project: Trick Soc
How Andrew Lee Ward hosted the first UK tricking gathering in 2005, then co-founded Trick Soc at the University of Birmingham and grew it to over 500 members.
Inspiring young tech entrepreneurs at BMET college
Andrew steps in at short notice to speak to students at Birmingham Metropolitan College's Creative and Digital Career College about creating value and business.
Andrew wins 'Most Influential Male in Technology' at the Silicon Canal Awards
Andrew is named Most Influential Male in Technology at the 2016 Silicon Canal Tech Awards, which recognise emerging tech talent in Greater Birmingham.
Andrew speaks at Global Entrepreneurship Week event (16th Nov)
Andrew is a guest speaker at the University of Birmingham's Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016 event, with his slides from the talk available to download.
Andrew is the Future Face of Entrepreneurship
Andrew wins the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce Future Faces award for entrepreneurship in 2016, recognising his work with Scorchsoft and MODL App.
Andrew Ward announced as a finalist for BYPY 2016
Andrew is named a finalist in the technology category of the 2016 Birmingham Young Professional of the Year awards, run by BPS Birmingham Future.
Andrew presents at B-Startup
Andrew runs a workshop on 14 June 2016 for the University of Birmingham's B Start-up Launch Pad, on building a website that turns visitors into customers.
The Daventry YourGrange.co.uk Initiative
How litter picking on Daventry's Grange Estate grew into YourGrange.co.uk, a community site and Facebook page the local police now use to reach residents.
Andrew Tricking Video (2011 Acrobatics Reel)
A 2011 video of Andrew Lee Ward tricking, the freestyle mix of gymnastics, acrobatics and martial arts he helped grow in the UK via gatherings and Trick Soc.
Andrew judges the bseen Celebration and Awards 2015
Andrew judges the 2015 bseen Celebration and Awards, which recognise the entrepreneurs and mentors of Birmingham's bseen startup support programme.
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