SaaS slashers, AI art tiles and gilet male fails...
Plus how the white-collar recession was caused...
Klarna is shaking the tree in its recent announcement it will kill Salesforce and Workday SaaS applications to replace them with AI-created software.
CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski stated:
"There are large ongoing internal initiatives that are a combination of AI, standardization, and simplification. As an example, we just shut down Salesforce. Within a few weeks, we will shut down Workday. We are shutting down a lot of our SaaS providers, as we are able to consolidate."
Klarna has not shied away from saying it intends to use AI to replace hundreds of people in its workforce. The latest announcement, which some industry analysts believe is more of a PR move, will have SaaS companies and their investors considering the threat.
Many companies are over leveraged on SaaS products as they find it difficult to derive value. SaaS has become unpopular with clients for its reputation for poor customer support and a 'not-my-problem' vendor mindset.
Wise system integrators are seeing the opportunity to remain impartial and offer AI where sensible.
AI tile art combines modern world with traditional techniques
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How the gilet caused the white-collar recession
Take a stroll through the City and witness a sartorial tragedy. A campsite. A crusty's paradise. Swampy's saloon.
Where we once saw coked up traders working 37 hour-days with no home but the pub - at least they were well-dressed.
These days, it's clean-eating, 4-hour-work week, gym-bunny bros marching around in the same gilet looking like they've just seen Wet Leg on the Pyramid Stage.
The gilet is the single cause of the white-collar recession we face today.
Worldwide sales have become harder to achieve due to the rise of the gilet. Redundancies and paused projects - Patagonia's curse. Risk paralysis in corporate boards - look what they're all wearing. Look at their confidence levels.
It came from a good place - being more relaxed at work - but has gradually carbon-copied itself throughout the professional world like Smith did in the Matrix.
This is how:
“Ooh, the job market is a bit tough. How does my boss dress? Look like him. Keep job. Safety in numbers—better get a gilet.”
Once upon a time, we aspired to dress like Daniel Craig. Now, we’re channeling Ray Mears and Worzel Gummidge.
Savile Row is now Decathlon. Men no longer go out for breakfast - they cook it on Finsbury Circus on a Trangia stove and head to the NED for a coffee meeting with a trowel in hand.
The day of “bring a sleeping bag to work” has passed.
Don’t get me wrong—should we all be in suits and ties every day? Absolutely not. The bowler hat is best left rested. Dress how you want, but don’t give up on caring. There’s a difference.
In losing our connection to style and tailoring, we’ve abandoned a sense of worth in favour of a deliberate look of self neglect - and at some point this reflects in our confidence.
(Written by the owner of gilet, blue jeans and brown boots)
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