Getting rid of jobs that make you grumpy
How to give agents mundane work
Dan Ilett
Dan Ilett writes The Executive Summary for CEOs and leadership teams of the FTSE 350. He advises boards on growth strategy, organisational change, AI, storytelling and commercial tactics. He chairs the City CIO Club, a private network for technology leaders. As a journalist, he has written for the Financial Times, the Economist Group, the Daily Telegraph, the New York Times and a string of tech publications. He launched several media titles including CoinDesk, where he was founding editor. Dan went on to lead transformation and advise on commercial delivery in FTSE and Fortune organisations. Dan delivers workshops for leadership teams in growth, go-to-market and AI transformation.
Quantum
The quantum audit
What companies are using it for and what your board should be asking
AI
Anthropic has its VHS moment
Joint Venture Kitty raised to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner of Big 7 consultancies
Downtime
The Third Half...
A substack you can lose yourself in...
AI
The cost of a mile
Hedging your overhead certainty according to oil price
Growth
How to Write an Executive Summary for a Business Plan (With Examples)
The seven things every business plan executive summary needs, with worked examples. Plus length, structure and the mistakes investors see again and again.
Leadership
Bring Out Your Jobs
The Executive Summary is building a jobs section into the newsletter. Board roles, C-suite appointments, senior leadership positions, NEDs and fractionals appointments. If you're trying to find the best of UK talent and LinkedIn is bringing you some very random and poor results, why not
AI
Apocalypse Selling: Is it Irresponsible to Fearmonger?
Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman recently told the Financial Times that artificial intelligence will automate most white-collar work within 12 to 18 months. “I think we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks. So, white-collar work, where
Growth
How Long Should an Executive Summary Be? (250 to 500 Words, and Why)
The right length for an executive summary is 250 to 500 words. Here's why, with specific guidance for business plans, board papers, proposals and pitch decks.
Leadership
Update: Bust IT
Can't sleep? Watch this. Better than knockout drops. Hi guys I hope you're enjoying your week. I'm having one of those days where none of my technology works. I am locked out of my email and several other accounts, so am waiting for a brilliant tech support person to fix all my troubles.
Growth
Christmas Drinks: You're Invited
To say a massive thank you for your readership and support this year... We've held events at some of the best venues in London this year: The Goring, The Ned, Mr Porter, but for Christmas we're putting on an old-school party in an even older pub. Our venue this year is the kind of pub your
Leadership
Recommend a Friend
Morning Folks, I hope you're in a good place this morning. I have a favour to ask. Two in fact - so I won't beat about the bush. Firstly, I'm growing the newsletter readership and I need your help. Would you mind recommending the Executive Summary to a few people? Two minutes. I'd really
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