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23 Sep 2026 A morning with Claude... agentic ai 21 Sep 2026 Andy Burnham's biggest problem: sales Leadership 17 Sep 2026 Getting rid of jobs that make you grumpy AI 16 Sep 2026 The quantum audit Leadership 15 Sep 2026 Starbucks, a cup and a million AI brains AI 14 Sep 2026 Your second AI brain and how to control it AI 10 Sep 2026 A personal update Leadership 04 Sep 2026 The week in AI AI 02 Sep 2026 Carnage en Bretagne Downtime 11 Aug 2026 How do you make AI productive? AI 06 Aug 2026 Working with fake team members AI 05 Aug 2026 The AI risk register AI 04 Aug 2026 Defence against the dark AI arts AI 31 Jul 2026 Five minutes of kindness from a childhood hero Downtime 24 Jul 2026 Building an AI strategy AI 21 Jul 2026 The most common question I get asked... Growth 16 Jul 2026 Cringe dad attends school show Downtime 14 Jul 2026 Job cuts, flakey leaders and corporate turds Leadership 09 Jul 2026 How Nvidia flipped the board on agentic work AI 07 Jul 2026 Hustle hard and the results will come Growth 02 Jul 2026 Would you leave £10m on the table? Growth 01 Jul 2026 Chinese AI that's not from Temu AI 29 Jun 2026 Partner with the Executive Summary Growth 26 Jun 2026 Get screened Wellbeing 23 Jun 2026 Can you take Rachel with you? Geopolitics 19 Jun 2026 What's shifted in marketing? Growth 17 Jun 2026 What is our AI proposition? AI 16 Jun 2026 Hide and seek or 40 mins of screen time? Geopolitics 12 Jun 2026 Token turns: a one-armed bandit outcome punt AI 12 Jun 2026 Botsitting: the hidden cost of AI fumbling AI 10 Jun 2026 Six AI sales challenges you should be aware of Growth 04 Jun 2026 AI, data sovereignty and the talent reset Leadership 03 Jun 2026 Ramses II: Master of the personal brand Downtime 02 Jun 2026 How do you stay relevant today? Leadership 26 May 2026 Outcome economics: the future of consulting Growth 22 May 2026 Why China leads the startup ecosystem Geopolitics 20 May 2026 Google changes front door of the interweb AI 13 May 2026 The CEO's AI toolkit: The essential guide to Claude. AI 11 May 2026 You do you Leadership 08 May 2026 Peak swearing mode enabled AI 06 May 2026 Anthropic has its VHS moment AI 30 Apr 2026 Go and see Project Hail Mary Downtime 24 Apr 2026 Whodunnit? Leadership 22 Apr 2026 Amazon and Anthropic's accounting bromance AI 14 Apr 2026 The Third Half... Downtime 13 Apr 2026 The cost of a mile Growth 02 Apr 2026 The long weekend you need Downtime 26 Mar 2026 How to Write an Executive Summary for a Business Plan (With Examples) Growth 25 Mar 2026 Quantum for CEOs AI 24 Mar 2026 The 8 Skills for leaders in the age of AI Leadership 19 Mar 2026 The longest minute of my life Wellbeing 09 Mar 2026 How Many People Can I Fire? AI 03 Mar 2026 Selling to the C-suite: the 4 things you need to get right Growth 02 Mar 2026 Bring Out Your Jobs Leadership 28 Feb 2026 How are you using AI? AI 27 Feb 2026 The Software Tax Geopolitics 25 Feb 2026 Apocalypse Selling: Is it Irresponsible to Fearmonger? AI 20 Feb 2026 How Long Should an Executive Summary Be? (250 to 500 Words, and Why) Growth 17 Feb 2026 Unmeasured Productivity: AI Investments are Flying Blind AI 08 Feb 2026 Carry on Governing Geopolitics 05 Feb 2026 Selling to the C-Suite: Listen. Create. Engage. Growth 04 Feb 2026 Update: Bust IT Downtime 30 Jan 2026 SPADness: Are advisors to blame for government cockups? Geopolitics 26 Jan 2026 How to Fire Someone Leadership 23 Jan 2026 Greenland, Jobs and Labour Chaos Geopolitics 21 Jan 2026 The Agents Working Against You AI 16 Jan 2026 The Quality of Your Thoughts Leadership 19 Dec 2025 That's a Wrap for '25 Downtime 19 Dec 2025 Winter Mindset: Why The Season Tests Us Wellbeing 10 Dec 2025 The Work Myth: The 127 Days to Make Sales Happen Growth 05 Dec 2025 The Safety Advantage: how to reduce decision risk and win enterprise deals Growth 30 Nov 2025 Moses Itauma: The Heavyweight's Executive Summary on Life Downtime 27 Nov 2025 Can Business Grow in a Budget That Doesn’t Like Business? Growth 25 Nov 2025 I Am Scared of This And Need Your Help Leadership 20 Nov 2025 Is this Britain's Most Famous Cat? Downtime 14 Nov 2025 Christmas Drinks: You're Invited Downtime 12 Nov 2025 Executive Summary: The Ultimate Guide (Examples + Template) Leadership 11 Nov 2025 Overwoke and underpaid: Can the BBC recover (again)? Leadership 07 Nov 2025 School Fees, Flatlining and Farcical PR Events Growth 04 Nov 2025 What You're Missing: Attention Flywheels & Trust Engines Growth 30 Oct 2025 Change Bullies: Using AI to Extract Gatekeepers to Progress AI 28 Oct 2025 The Prophet of the Stateless Age: What Ian Angell Saw Coming Geopolitics 26 Oct 2025 When Life Gives You Tangles, Play Them Downtime 23 Oct 2025 Confidence: What's Killing the Economy Wellbeing 22 Oct 2025 Can You Just Ask AI to Do It? AI 17 Oct 2025 Bubbles, Kitkats and Broadcom AI 16 Oct 2025 A Quick Check-In Leadership 14 Oct 2025 From the Great Moderation to the Great Fragmentation Geopolitics 09 Oct 2025 Mindset Audits and Geopolitics Geopolitics 07 Oct 2025 The Dog Update Wellbeing 03 Oct 2025 $120k Bitcoin and Crypto Rally as US Regulators Shut Growth 02 Oct 2025 The Moses Itauma Interview Leadership 30 Sep 2025 Cheating, Doorbells and AI-Made Bio Viruses AI 26 Sep 2025 Crypto millionaires, Eurocoins and Tether’s Punchy Landgrab Growth 25 Sep 2025 Obama: Still Hopeful. More Careful Leadership 24 Sep 2025 Has your leadership team checked out? Leadership 23 Sep 2025 Futile Resistance, Shutdown Gobsmack and Bumbled Guardrails AI 18 Sep 2025 Crypto’s Regulatory Turn: London Makes its Move Geopolitics 17 Sep 2025 Labour: Where's the Growth? Growth 16 Sep 2025 Copilot Failure, $35m and Zero-Day AI Attacks AI 10 Sep 2025 Are you a Geek? Growth 03 Sep 2025 Europe Lacks a Growth Mindset Growth 23 Jul 2025 The AI Roundup AI 18 Jul 2025 Is 16 Too Young to Vote? Geopolitics 16 Jul 2025 Sustainability's Fickle Switch Leadership 15 Jul 2025 Lloyds Offers Cautious Optimism for UK Growth 15 Jul 2025 Speed must not damage quality Leadership 11 Jul 2025 Whatsapp Groups: Pub Chat Lives On Downtime 09 Jul 2025 Integrated Defence: A Lesson for CEOs Geopolitics 08 Jul 2025 Recommend a Friend Downtime 02 Jul 2025 Tech Debt to Tsunami from AI Fallout AI 25 Jun 2025 Not Love Island. Not Fintech. Just £650 Billion of GDP Geopolitics 18 Jun 2025 Supply Chains Are Breaking. Just-In-Time is Paused. Geopolitics 13 May 2025 From Pilot to Pause: Why GenAI is Stalling AI 06 May 2025 What CEOs Want: The 2025 Guide to the Great Unknown Leadership 30 Apr 2025 The Carbon Sink Industry Geopolitics 28 Apr 2025 Your biggest writing challenge? Growth 03 Apr 2025 The Squid Games of Global Trade Geopolitics 02 Apr 2025 The Gen X Question for Gen Z Leadership 01 Apr 2025 India's genius narrative flip Growth 27 Mar 2025 The No-Grow-Zone Budget Growth 26 Mar 2025 Did Asset Management Die? Why Gen Z Has Disconnected Growth 25 Mar 2025 GPT Relationships - It’s Complicated Wellbeing 24 Mar 2025 The UK Growth Crisis: When Builders Leave and the Middle Breaks Growth 20 Mar 2025 The Diversity Shift: Where do CEOs Stand? Leadership 19 Mar 2025 The Aid Cuts Shockwave: What it Means for Business Geopolitics 14 Mar 2025 The Rise of the Superfan Growth 07 Mar 2025 Fusion Guns, French Nerds & Next-Frontier Space Rockets Growth 27 Feb 2025 The AI Boom: Innovation or Instability? AI 18 Dec 2024 Thank you. Downtime 06 Dec 2024 8 Marketing Changes You Need to Master Growth 03 Dec 2024 Scary: If you read one thing today, make it this... AI 03 Dec 2024 If you need introductions, just ask... Leadership 26 Nov 2024 Crypto's marketing sucks... Growth 08 Nov 2024 Fortune favours the bold Leadership 01 Nov 2024 Hospitals 1: Entrepreneurs 0 Growth 28 Oct 2024 The $125Bn Company You've Never Heard Of Growth 16 Oct 2024 3 events for your diary... Downtime 14 Oct 2024 Is anyone looking out for entrepreneurs? Growth 11 Oct 2024 Has talent moved to TikTok? Leadership 04 Oct 2024 AI failure, cabaret and my back passage AI 03 Oct 2024 Unlocking DeFi: Opportunities for the Buy-Side in modern finance Growth 03 Oct 2024 AI Frontiers: Transforming Media & Entertainment AI 29 Sep 2024 Death of a friend Wellbeing 24 Sep 2024 Growth Blockers H1 24 Growth 20 Sep 2024 73% of CXOs would vote remain Growth 13 Sep 2024 SaaS slashers, AI art tiles and gilet male fails... AI 06 Sep 2024 The adventures of Keir Poppins Geopolitics 30 Aug 2024 About that AI you just bought... AI 29 Aug 2024 Coming to London as a graduate Leadership 23 Jul 2024 The Microsoft Outage - A Lesson For The City in Concentration Risk Leadership 07 Jul 2024 There’s no time to waste Leadership 02 Jul 2024 Downturn in VCs, Upturn in M&A Growth 02 Jul 2024 A few updates for you Geopolitics 02 Jul 2024 Growth Blockers Q2 Growth 02 Jul 2024 Update on The Executive Summary Leadership 30 Jun 2024 July in the City: Top 20 Events for CXO's Leadership 28 Jun 2024 Sad Ads Friday Growth 27 Jun 2024 Views from the City: CXOs on the election Geopolitics 21 Jun 2024 Taxis to be allowed back to Bank... maybe Downtime 20 Jun 2024 City Munchies: Los Mochis Downtime 20 Jun 2024 The opportunities from uncertainty Growth 19 Jun 2024 Growth strategy: the UK needs one. Growth 19 Jun 2024 Growth Blockers Q2 Growth 03 Jun 2024 Are we putting too much faith in efficiency technologies? (Yes.) Geopolitics 01 Jun 2024 Beyond the Red Pen: AI Efficiently Marks Essays in Minutes for Better Learning Outcomes AI 14 May 2024 10 Best Michelin Star Restaurants in London Downtime 01 May 2024 When sausage rolls go offline: The hidden cost of outages AI 23 Apr 2024 72% of UK tech and services firms struggled to hit Q1 sales targets Growth 09 Apr 2024 Easter treats Leadership 09 Apr 2024 Darth Vader & the Contribution Chain Leadership 09 Apr 2024 Confidence Wellbeing 09 Apr 2024 War, hidden gems and chip-heated pools Geopolitics 09 Apr 2024 Empty airports and naming the enemy Growth 09 Apr 2024 Beating the big firms: Part 2 AI 09 Apr 2024 Welcome to the Executive Summary. Leadership 09 Apr 2024 The Executive Summary: Episode 1 Leadership 04 Feb 2024 Beating the Big Four Growth 29 Jan 2024 Biting the hand that feeds you Growth 22 Jan 2024 WEF Selfies, Sweet Investing & 25 Teaser Topics Growth 19 Dec 2023 The last one... Leadership 10 Dec 2023 Are you going into space? Growth 03 Dec 2023 The trouble with tenure Leadership 26 Nov 2023 Is private equity about to change course? Growth 07 Nov 2023 Pessimist or optimist? Leadership 03 Nov 2023 Breathing Space Growth 01 Nov 2023 What mining means to your business Growth 30 Oct 2023 Your Biggest Time Suck: The People Pleaser Leadership 27 Oct 2023 Accenture: Execs say edge computing key to growth AI

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