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Open or Closed: The choice shaping AI use in your business

AI Breakthrough

Open or Closed: The choice shaping AI use in your business

As well as identifying trends, we might notice a pattern from a specific industry and be able to extrapolate whether it might also apply to other industries. The quicker you can spot the patterns, the better off you will be.

New Battleground: AI Agents are fighting for your computer

New Battleground: AI Agents are fighting for your computer

2026 is the year AI agents went mainstream. The year they became tangibly productive for the everyday user. The year when the mind blowing possibilities of AI started to become reality.

Stark Choices: Will AI's future be led by our better angels?

AI Breakthrough

Stark Choices: Will AI's future be led by our better angels?

"How do we take an institution full of good people who are trying to do good things across party lines, and get them to work together in a way that actually gets results,”

Surface Scratching: AI adoption nowhere near full potential

Surface Scratching: AI adoption nowhere near full potential

We are still very early in the AI adoption and implementation cycle. Across all sectors the gap between actual use today and potential use is huge.

How The AI Knowledge Worker Will Succeed in 2026

How The AI Knowledge Worker Will Succeed in 2026

The best question to ask right now isn't "Will AI take my job?". The best question is: Is AI going to take over the part of your job that makes you most valuable?

Uncertain Future: How brands can save themselves from AI extinction

Uncertain Future: How brands can save themselves from AI extinction

Agentic shopping will scale when consumers feel secure. The brands that will win are the ones that treat trust as a core part of their commercial strategy and not an afterthought.

Alarm Bells: Something big is happening

Alarm Bells: Something big is happening

The rate of improvement in AI models, combined with the expanded capabilities, and the rapid reduction in costs, mean the possibilities today are frankly terrifying.

Ready or Not: 2026 is the year of the AI Agent

Ready or Not: 2026 is the year of the AI Agent

When inventory, orders, pricing, and customer context live in multiple systems that don't easily talk to each other, both humans and AI struggle to deliver consistent experiences.

On Notice: Use AI or Lose Your Job

On Notice: Use AI or Lose Your Job

Blockbuster, Kodak, HMV and more...the cemetery of huge brands that blew it and died is huge. The dawn of AI presents another opportunity for a lot of businesses to "blow it". One company may have the blueprint to ensure this doesn't apply to them.

Man vs Machine: Luxury brands bet on the human touch

AI & E-commerce

Man vs Machine: Luxury brands bet on the human touch

As AI capabilities become embedded within all operations, from marketing to inventory management and customer experience, brands are increasingly doubling down on what technology cannot replicate: emotional connection.

Painful Existence: Anthropic CEO Gives an AI Warning

Painful Existence: Anthropic CEO Gives an AI Warning

Will AI kill us all, are we smart enough to keep up, and are all the AI cat videos enough to make it worth it?

Smarter Business: AI Takes Decision Making To New Levels

AI & E-commerce

Smarter Business: AI Takes Decision Making To New Levels

The people and businesses that get the results they want, all do this one thing. Stack good decisions on top of each other. For a very long time.