AI
Getting rid of jobs that make you grumpy
How to give agents mundane work
Productivity
AI
Downtime
Carnage en Bretagne
Bunfights in the back and my AI holiday hack
AI
How do you make AI productive?
Start small and start with you
AI
Botsitting: the hidden cost of AI fumbling
Farting around with Claude costs you work bucks
AI
Peak swearing mode enabled
How I moved my business to Claude and a team of agents
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
AI
How are you using AI?
Where is AI already making you money and where is it just making you feel modern? I gave a talk on this in Edinburgh the other day to a brilliant group of people at SMT Network. Fast forward to the end to find out which types of AI your organisation uses today and where you might be
AI
Unmeasured Productivity: AI Investments are Flying Blind
Your People Are Already Using AI Microsoft research shows 52% of knowledge workers hide their use or AI from their managers. Data is flowing to external systems without governance. Contracts are being drafted, code is being written and emails are being sent through tools your IT department
Downtime
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.
Leadership
The Quality of Your Thoughts
Being a CEO is highly stressful and sometimes you have to wonder why you took it all on. Hiring the wrong people, not hitting the number, deploying the wrong project - and having to ask 'have you done it yet' about 100 times a day. If everything works, the team did it. If one thing goes
Growth
The Work Myth: The 127 Days to Make Sales Happen
In the UK, things are winding down for Christmas. If you're in retail or hospitality, t'is the season to be jolly. But for business owners in other sectors, it can be extremely stressful. How many times in November did you hear: "Let's do it in the New Year." The impact of Christmas being
Leadership
I Am Scared of This And Need Your Help
Before we get into this, these are the pieces I am working on over the next few weeks. * A breakdown of the UK budget (Thursday/Friday) * The Executive Summary Awards 2025 (December) * Board dynamics: the paradox of talent vs teamwork * Opex crisis: the invisible costs your CFO can't find
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