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Feb 3, 2026
A Practical Map for Avoiding the Automation Squeeze.
Jan 27, 2026
Why automating the wrong work destroys value faster than standing still.
People
Jan 20, 2026
How digital memory can lock businesses into outdated ways of working.
Jan 13, 2026
Why efficiency problems are really talent allocation problems.
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Jan 6, 2026
Shortcuts adopted under time pressure are the main reason automations are abandoned.
Dec 30, 2025
Grade inflation, weak metrics and the uncomfortable truth about performance reviews.
Dec 23, 2025
How an AI investment bubble lays the foundation for what businesses want.
Dec 9, 2025
Persistence, Curiosity and Collective Drive are my preferred hiring criteria. Here’s why.
AI
Nov 25, 2025
How a clearer, more consistent rewrite of sensitive communications became far easier.
Nov 18, 2025
The quick tests that reveal who’s ready for work and who’s still in student mode.
Nov 11, 2025
The hidden habits that turn AI hype into real returns.
Oct 21, 2025
How humans and AI redefine the boundaries of innovation.
Oct 7, 2025
Forget the focus on AI bubbles and go to where the efficiency gains are hiding.
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Sep 9, 2025
Real gains come when leaders link automation to growth, not when they shave a few hours off routine tasks.
Aug 26, 2025
While Dubai and China push forward, high energy costs and slow adoption threaten to leave European businesses behind.
Aug 19, 2025
What seven decades of AI’s rises and falls teach us about surviving the next downturn.
Aug 12, 2025
The history of email shows that technology adoption is slow and need not threaten company survival.
Jul 29, 2025
The easier it is to generate a proof of concept, the quicker the pivot to demonstrating value.
Jul 22, 2025
From publish-or-perish academia to enterprise AI pilots, quantity wins the funding while quality pays the price.
Jul 15, 2025
Big-firm hiring freezes shrink the pipeline. What SMEs can expect and how to beat the crunch.
Jul 8, 2025
A guide to making generative AI productive while avoiding the cognitive debt it can create.
Jun 24, 2025
Build trust, curb hallucinations and promote your LLM apps with a rigorous, repeatable evaluation playbook.
Jun 3, 2025
How and why to transition from answering engines to understanding agents.
May 27, 2025
Why the search experience is changing and how to write content optimised for AI.
May 6, 2025
In the AI Era, Only a Working Product Will Win You the Client
