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Dan Ilett

Founder and editor of The Executive Summary, the three-times-a-week CEO newsletter read by over 1,000 chief executives. Previously a journalist for the Financial Times covering technology and enterprise. Founded Greenbang (50,000 readers, quoted by the United Nations and European Commission) and was founding editor of CoinDesk, which grew to one million readers in six months. Now writes about growth, AI strategy, board governance, enterprise sales and CEO leadership.

Whodunnit? Government

Whodunnit?

A masterclass in English language and defensive communication

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The long weekend you need Wellbeing

The long weekend you need

Well hello there. I'm just back from Newquay having shown the world that even fat labradors like me can mount a surfboard - in the water too. I love Easter weekend at home. I try to do as little as possible as London is always quiet and I can potter away - if my family lets me... (Storm

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Quantum for CEOs AI

Quantum for CEOs

Just as you have your head around AI, quantum computing wants to have a pop at you as well. Our resident expert in quantum computing, Jonathan Loretto, schools us in what we need to know as CEOs… You know that feeling when someone explains something so genuinely world-altering that you

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The 8 skills to nuke your competitors Growth

The 8 skills to nuke your competitors

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece called "How many people can I fire?". For some reason, it upset a number of folks who don't agree there will be job cuts and massive shifts from AI. I had quite a few emails - and believe it or not, I really like it when people write in with what they

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The longest minute of my life Wellbeing

The longest minute of my life

Ten years ago today, I had just returned from China on an assignment for the UK government, attracting investors to British technology companies. It was an intense, sprawling job and I arrived home on Saturday afternoon exhausted only to start a new job on Monday at Virgin Money. I knew if

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How Many People Can I Fire? AI

How Many People Can I Fire?

I gave a talk last week to a City CIO Club gathering on the next generation of skills leadership teams need to develop around AI. Afterwards, one of the CIOs in the room stood up: "We are on this right now, but only in the tech department. And actually mostly me. I am axing tens of

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The 4 Things You Need to Get Right When Selling to the C-Suite Growth

The 4 Things You Need to Get Right When Selling to the C-Suite

I surveyed our 66 webinar delegates on how to sell to the C-suite and asked them: What is the single biggest challenge you face when selling to the C-suite? The number one challenge, cited by 35% of respondents, was access and attention. There are good reasons for this. Channels

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