Practical insights on AI governance, workforce upskilling, automation, and how to create your own AI Framework.
Next generation leaders want to spend on AI. Founders want proof it drives revenue or cuts cost. This first-person note shows the shortest path to a yes: one trial that answers those two questions.
Read articleAI agents moved from lab demos to always-on coworkers inside the tools your team already uses. Here's a first-person playbook to adopt them without spooking the floor: start in a sandbox, treat the agent like a new hire, review outputs, then run a careful live trial.
Read articleTwo-thirds of Australian businesses say they use AI, but fewer than 1 in 10 changed how the place runs. Pick one process that raises revenue or reduces cost, then measure it.
Read articleOver 51% of enterprises now run AI agents in active production environments, up from just 17% two years prior. While 80% of organizations report measurable economic returns, only 23% have unlocked significant, bottom-line financial impact from agentic workflows.
Read articleAs of 11 August, Claude hides a watermark in the text it writes. You cannot see it. A detector can. That is good for honesty and bad if your shop has been treating AI like a silent intern.
Read article73% of organizations that have deployed artificial intelligence systems in production contain at least one critical vulnerability exploitable by an adversarial actor. Prompt injection is now a primary enterprise attack vector, with remediation timelines exceeding two months per flaw.
Read articleIf OpenClaw or Hermes felt exciting and buggy, Grok Bot is the first agent that just installs and works. Still someone else's computer.
Read article58% of U.S. small and medium enterprises regularly use generative AI tools in daily operations, up from 40% in 2024. Strict production integration sits at 8.8% for firms under 250 employees — double the rate from 18 months prior.
Read articleThe EU pushed back high-risk AI Act deadlines — but August 2026 transparency rules did not move, and MAS is about to make AI governance contractual for FI delivery work.
Read articleOnly 5% to 8% of enterprises report measurable financial return on investment from artificial intelligence in 2026, despite enterprise spending reaching an average of $186 million per organization. Workforce execution remains the central bottleneck to value capture.
Read articleWhen every new AI tool and half-baked pitch lands in your inbox, outsourcing triage to an LLM is normal. The fix is a triage.md skill that gives your model your priorities before it opines.
Read articleAutonomous agents introduce legal liabilities traditional IT cannot govern. Why organisations need an AERO function, an Approved Agent Registry, and dedicated AI risk operations.
Read articleA Bavarian court has ruled Google liable for false AI Overview statements — establishing that when your AI generates content, your business owns those words. Not the model. Not the API provider. You.
Read articleEscalating AI subscription costs and data leaving your perimeter are pushing SMEs toward local models. Here is a practical framing for building an enterprise LLM on your own hardware using a wiki-style knowledge base, inspired by Andrej Karpathy’s recent thinking.
Read articleFrom missed WiFi to real-time translation, a candid look at what AI can and cannot do for your Easter family holiday.
Read articleWe put OpenClaw, Perplexity Computer, and Claude Co-work through a real self-storage lead workflow: site checks, prioritisation, contacts, and outreach prep. The gap between marketing and execution was stark.
Read articleThe world’s most powerful chip company just made it embarrassingly easy to let autonomous AI loose inside your business. But, if you don’t have governance sorted before you flip that switch, the technology won’t be the risk, you will be.
Read articleWith AI making it effortless to generate polished-looking output, the real skill in 2026 isn't creating content — it's knowing when to reject it. Filtering out cookie-cutter thinking has never been more critical for business leaders.
Read articleFor companies operating with exposure to EU markets, 2 August 2026 represents a watershed moment for AI regulation — and if you're operating in or into the EU, chances are this applies to you.
Read articleRight now, somewhere in your business, a member of staff is pasting a client proposal, a financial summary, or a list of customer contacts into a free AI tool they found online, without telling anyone.
Read articleAn AI just solved 6/10 research-level math problems that professional mathematicians couldn't and then wrote a publishable paper about it, without a human touching the keyboard.
Read articleMeet Bob. Bob's one of the good guys. The ultimate team player, helpful to all, always doing right by the company, genuinely wanting the best for his department and the organisation.
Read articleWhen I sat down around this time last year to contemplate my 2025 new year resolutions, becoming an AI advocate and gaining deep knowledge of AI tools would not have made the top three.
Read articleI've got an addiction problem with one of my LLMs (large language models like ChatGPT). It was bound to happen.
Read articleI stepped onto the scales the other day and sighed. My wife was nearby and said: "Why are you sighing? It's not like you've changed your diet or exercised, what did you expect?" Cold, but fair.
Read articleA lot has been made about AI Agents replacing the jobs of normal people. Six months ago I would have scoffed at the idea, but with AI automation becoming more mainstream by the week, it is a reality many organisations will be facing in the immediate future.
Read articleAgentKit is OpenAI's attempt to make AI agents so simple that even your tech-phobic parent could build one. Whether that's revolutionary or just repackaged workflow automation with better marketing depends on how charitable you're feeling.
Read articleI stepped onto the scales the other day and sighed. My wife was nearby and said: "Why are you sighing? It's not like you've changed your diet or exercised, what did you expect?" Cold, but good point.
Read articleThere's a particular species of corporate masochism that PowerPoint embodies, like watching your team stay within a few goals at 3 quarter-time of a Grand Final: technically you're still in the game, but everyone knows you're getting demolished.
Read article'Hiring is so fun, I love interviewing and have no problems deciding on the best candidate...' said no one ever. Let's be real, most of us find hiring a chore.
Read articleThe manufacturing sector stands at a pivotal juncture, grappling with a confluence of challenges that are reshaping its strategic landscape. This report identifies the five most critical strategic areas facing manufacturing leaders in 2025.
Read articleWe've all been there, nodding along convincingly in the conversation, one side of the brain screaming "Look smart, look smart!!!" whilst the other side is delving into deep hippocampal territory frantically running around going "What's a technical term I can use to pretend I know what's going on?"
Read articleThere's something faintly absurd about testing 28 AI tools in six months, like taste-testing every variety of instant noodle in pursuit of the perfect sodium hit.
Read articleShadow AI was a direct factor in 20% of all corporate data breaches in 2025, adding an average of $670,000 to total breach remediation costs. 68% of enterprise employees regularly feed corporate information into unapproved free-tier LLM platforms via personal accounts.
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