Rutherford & Company
Practical AI strategy and implementations for modern workflows.
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Stories, essays, and works-in-progress from Barry Rutherford. The author hub for finished pieces, book excerpts, and live drafts.
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Studio Manifesto
Creative North Star
We make work that blends the clarity of lived leadership with the honesty of craft—projects that entertain, inform, and endure. Our bar: truth of voice, rigor of execution, and usefulness to the audience.
Narrative with Spine
Stories anchored in real stakes—business, culture, identity.
Craft over Hype
Editing, structure, and voice—iterated until the work carries itself.
Systems for Creators
Lightweight pipelines so ideas move from draft to publish.
Studio Principles
- Audience first: clarity, utility, respect for attention.
- Voice matters: conversational, direct, accountable.
- Small loops: draft → review → refine → publish.
- Show your work: excerpts, process notes, and transparent milestones.
Creative Authority. Authentic Voice.
Rutherford Creative Media serves as both creative studio and publishing platform, where business wisdom meets storytelling craft.
After five decades as a global CEO, Barry Rutherford has turned his attention to the stories that shaped his journey and the narratives that define our time. RCM is the umbrella brand that houses his creative, media, and consulting ventures—each one informed by a lifetime of leadership experience and a commitment to authentic voice.
From the boardrooms of international corporations to the podcasting studios exploring modern masculinity, from memoir chapters that distill business wisdom to thriller fiction that examines the cost of secrets—RCM bridges worlds that rarely intersect with such intentionality.
This is where strategic thinking meets creative expression, where decades of real-world experience becomes the foundation for compelling storytelling.
Our Platforms
Rutherford & Company
Practical AI strategy and implementations: vibe coding, workflow automation, and decision support.
Learn moreMalestrum
Media platform exploring modern masculinity, Gen Z culture, and generational change through podcasts and essays.
Visit sitebarryrutherford.com — Barry's Writing Hub
Stories, essays, and works-in-progress from Barry Rutherford. The author hub for finished pieces, book excerpts, and live drafts.
Visit siteGreat stories deserve great systems. Rutherford & Company protects the creative signal by stabilizing tools, simplifying flows, and enabling teams to produce at a high standard with less friction.
Rutherford & Company
We turn strategy into shipped capability. Rutherford & Company blends Barry Rutherford's executive leadership with Griffin Rutherford's CS rigor to deliver practical, durable AI systems that work in day-to-day operations.
From deck → deployment
Close the gap between strategy slides and shipped workflows.
Human-centered AI
Augment people first; tools follow. Change management baked in.
Speed without chaos
Small sprints, measurable wins, sensible governance.
Works Snapshot
- Elias Vance (Thriller): Opening chapter live; series bible in development.
- Serendipity: A Tactical Life (Memoir): Draft chapters underway; cadence defined.
- Malestrum (Media Platform): Podcast + shorts; research feeding scripts.
barryrutherford.com — Barry's Writing Hub
Stories, essays, and works-in-progress from Barry Rutherford.
This is Barry's author site. You'll find finished pieces, book excerpts, and live drafts that inform how we think about product, leadership, and culture at RCM. If you want the voice behind the work, start here.
Elias Vance Series
"One man, haunted by old injuries and darker secrets, forced into action when corruption pushes too far."
Haunted by injuries that never healed and secrets that refuse to stay buried, Elias Vance lives quietly on society's edge. But when corruption threatens the people around him, the past he tried to escape drags him back into the fight. Part soldier, part survivor — Elias is a man who never asked to be a hero, but one who can't walk away when justice calls.
Serendipity: A Tactical Life
Looking back across five decades of business and life, I can see how often success wasn't the product of a perfect plan but of being ready when opportunity appeared. Serendipity isn't luck alone — it's a mix of preparation, timing, and the willingness to act when doors unexpectedly open. From chance encounters on factory floors to meetings in far-flung cities, those unplanned moments shaped the trajectory of my career more than any spreadsheet or forecast ever did.
Meet the Team
Barry Rutherford
Founder & Creative Director
Barry led teams worldwide in packaging, supply chain, and M&A. Now he channels that experience into writing, podcasting, and mentoring, with a focus on clear thinking and lived leadership.
Current focus: Serendipity: A Tactical Life memoir, the Elias Vance thriller series, and Malestrum (modern masculinity & generational perspectives).
Griffin Rutherford
Co-Creator, Malestrum
Grif (MS, Computer Science) ships practical AI implementations—vibe coding, automation, and getting real work done with modern AI tools.
Current focus: Malestrum podcast & shorts, Gen Z research, and practical engineering projects.
Interests: Hiking, nature photography, snowboarding, and spontaneous conversations that skip small talk.