From AI paralysis to AI chaos

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Mid-market financial services firms have moved from banning AI to so much AI activity that nobody knows what is running. It is a leadership problem.

The AI job apocalypse isn’t arriving

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Lloyds, IBM and McKinsey are not cutting their way to AI value. Why the better question is what AI lets your organisation do that it could not before.

How far along are financial services sectors on the journey to AI maturity?

Which FS sectors are leading or lagging on AI

How far along are financial services sectors on the journey to AI maturity? This quadrant map offers a high-level view of where key FS sub-sectors stand—based on: 📊 AI adoption (current deployment and capability) 📈 Business impact potential (ability to drive strategic or operational value) While the chart reflects sector-wide averages, the variation at the […]

This time its different

💡 In 30 years of business and digital transformation, I’ve seen many business revolutions—the dot-com era, ERP, CRM, shared services, data science, and automation. But this time, something is different. AI isn’t just another technology shift—it’s a fundamental business shift. For the first time ever, business owners who never cared about tech are asking me: […]