Essays
Ideas about technology, work, faith, and everyday life.
Ted Tschopp’s Public Workbench
Technology, Stories,
and Imagined Worlds.
I’m an enterprise architect, a storyteller, and a curious maker. This is where I share what I’m thinking about, what I’m building, and the worlds I’m exploring.
Choose a Shelf
Five ways to explore the work.
Stories & Folklore
Swiss folklore, original writing, and the stories we carry with us.
Games & Worlds
Campaigns, creatures, imagined worlds, and tools for the table.
Tools
Practical browser tools, plot generators, and reusable AI resources.
Learn
Explore ideas through interactive lessons, reading paths, and talks.
A Few Places to Start
Different interests, equal room to explore.
Essays
Making Sense of Enterprise AI
A guided reading path through strategy, adoption, and the realities of organizational change.
Stories
The Swiss Folklore Collection
Stories connected to their places, characters, themes, and original sources.
Games
Creatures for Your Next Session
Browse the Gamma World bestiary and find something unexpected for the table.
Tools Under Development
Plotto — A Story’s Starting Point
An active plot-generation project based on William Wallace Cook’s storytelling system.
Learn
Take a Look Inside AI
An interactive explanation of the parts and processes behind a language model.
New Writing
Browse EssaysThis Isn't a Storm. This Is the Weather.
AI is changing the conditions of work. Sophocles' Antigone offers a lesson in leadership, adaptation, and building processes for the new weather.
When AI Moves Faster Than the Organization
We should evaluate the capability of the organization we are assembling around AI, including the people who remain responsible for its work.
When AI Evaluators Also Sell AI Adoption
When AI evaluators also sell adoption, enterprise buyers need safeguards for independent judgment, adverse findings, and deployment decisions.
Beyond the Mirror: Principles for Work in the Age of AI
A manifesto for work in the age of AI: shared purpose, a living commons, coordinated autonomy, and shared gains that give people a meaningful part to play.
How Much Energy and Water Does AI Use?
How much electricity and water does AI use? Compare everyday answers, model training, cooling systems, and data-center heat recovery.
The Same Model, Different Rules
Enterprise AI procurement must account for access rules, data custody, service interruptions, recovery plans, and exit arrangements.
The Person Behind the Work
Hello, I’m Ted.
I work at the intersection of enterprise architecture, AI, and digital automation. Away from that work, I translate folklore, create tabletop resources, and build useful little things.