Base Operations
First trimester
Earlier this week someone asked me what I’d been making since starting on this adventure.
AI
Don't let the tools choose you
Just because you have access to something doesn't mean it deserves access to you.
Base Operations
Tazzing about
From explorations into AI cinema to the dual carriageways of Kent.
Automation
Automation vs Augmentation
I've been watching the business world tear itself apart over automation versus augmentation. It's like watching two groups argue whether a knife is for cutting or slicing.
Base Operations
Quantum of Slipper
The weirder the technology gets, the more of it I'm doing.
AI
Surprising kindness
Pretty much everyone has warned me off helping small businesses.
AI
The vomit comet
How are UK SMEs using AI and automation?
Automation
Stop working so hard
Many small business owners feel like they’re on a hamster wheel. I help them get off it.
AI
Free-fall parachute crochet
Take it from me - you can try to crochet a parachute while in free-fall, but it won’t work. You will eventually hit the ground. Hard. It’ll hurt.
Work
Operation Monorail
The offer is taking shape.
AI
Automating with your tone-of-voice
Using generative AI without sounding like a robot.
Future
Five Years
What to expect over the next five years.
AI
AI search needs your data
Manual search can sometimes find better solutions that AI misses, though most people wouldn’t notice or care.
AI
Let AI inform your creativity
If you're feeling frustrated by AI's shortcomings, you might be expecting too much from it.
AI
Too many transcription agents
Getting overwhelmed by all the AI transcription agents joining your meetings? You're not alone.
AI
The problem with AI is us
While AI's potential seems boundless, human nature and societal structures often stand in the way of its most ambitious proposals.
AI
Basic AI training
Basic AI training can help when trying to coordinate the use of AI tools across and between teams.