Building
- Progresspath
- AI-enabled delivery workflows
- Small product experiments
Building & Exploring
Exploring ideas. Building things. Sharing what I learn.
Michael Spragg is a product and technology leader, builder, investor and writer documenting projects, lessons and experiments across technology, business and life.
Current Focus
The site is a live record of the work I am doing now: products, experiments, writing, investment interests, and selected advisory work.
Advising on
- Technology strategy
- Product leadership
- Delivery systems
Investing in
- SaaS
- Fintech
- Climate
- Health
- Education
Writing about
- Product development
- Technology leadership
- AI systems
- Software engineering
Featured Writing
Public notes on product development, technology leadership, AI systems, software engineering, and the practical work of building.
Featured essay
The Date Always Wins
What a World Cup kickoff did to the TVNZ replatform, and why a date you set yourself might be the only thing that makes anyone decide what matters.
Featured essay
Agent Experience
I asked an agent to find someone to fix a leaking gutter. Most of the friction landed on the agent, not on me, and that's a service design problem.
Featured essay
Before the SaaSpocoylpse, there was Excel
Build vs buy was always a judgement call. Excel showed us that long before AI, and cheaper building just moves where the lines fall.
New essays by email, through Substack.
Featured Projects
Selected products, experiments, and tools that show the building behind the thinking.
Progresspath
ActiveStructured reading, writing and mathematics practice for children, built around confidence, repetition and visible progress.
Values Wheel
ExploringA values exploration tool anchored around the Values Wheel concept.
Molecular Viewer
ExploringBrowser-based molecular viewing experiment for inspecting molecular structures interactively.
Selected Experience
Over 20 years delivering technology, product and transformation outcomes across New Zealand and the United Kingdom, including fintech, telecoms, media, SaaS and consulting.
View LinkedIn- Product and delivery leadership across growth-stage and enterprise environments
- Large-scale digital transformation and modernisation programmes
- Product management leadership from discovery through delivery
- Technology strategy grounded in execution, not slideware
- Hands-on exploration of AI-enabled product and engineering workflows
Investing
I have been investing in early-stage companies for over ten years across the United Kingdom, Europe and New Zealand. What began as backing interesting ideas has gradually become a more focused interest in a few sectors and a more active role in supporting the companies I believe in.
FintechClimateHealthEducationAI-enabled platforms
Early investments were driven by broad curiosity across products, founders and markets.
Over time, my focus has been on improving outcomes for people and the planet: fintech, climate, health and education.
The next phase is more active participation through follow-on investment, practical support and deeper involvement where there is strong conviction.
Advisory
I selectively work with organisations and leaders when the mission is meaningful, the stakes are real, and my experience can help.
Strategic Advice
Technology strategy, delivery choices, product direction, and leadership decisions.
Fractional and Interim Leadership
Short-term product, technology or delivery leadership support when momentum matters.
Coaching
Practical coaching for technology and product people navigating complexity and change.