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Your cloud provider is making a fortune from your confusion
Between 21% and 32% of cloud budgets are wasted.Harness estimates that figure at $44.5 billion globally in 2025 alone. And yet cloud is almost universally sold as the smart financial decision. So, what’s actually happening? – 89% of enterprises now run multi-cloud environments.– Average of 3.4 cloud providers per organisation.– Only 8% are managing it…
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UK board-level responsibility for cybersecurity just hit an all-time low
In 2021, 38% of UK boards had a named director accountable for cyber.In 2025, that figure was 27%. In the same period, nationally significant cyber incidents reached a record 204.That’s one every 1.8 days.A 130% increase year on year. The government was sufficiently alarmed that it wrote personally to the top 350 FTSE companies in…
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The EU AI Act became enforceable on 2 February 2025
Most businesses have barely noticed. Here’s why that changes in August 2026. – High-risk AI obligations hit on 2 August 2026.– Fines of up to €35 million or 7% of global turnover activate.– Finland already has enforcement powers operational. The businesses that will get caught out aren’t the ones ignoring AI. They’re the ones that…
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A client called me six months into their ‘digital transformation’
They’d already spent millions.Replaced three legacy systems.Hired a transformation director. Nothing had changed. Bain analysed 24,000 transformation programmes last year.88% failed to achieve their original goals.That’s not a project management problem.That’s a systemic pattern. When I asked my client what had gone wrong, they said technology. It wasn’t technology.It is almost never technology. Here’s what…
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95% of AI pilots are failing right now
MIT interviewed 150 executives and studied 300 public deployments. The conclusion was brutal. – 88% of businesses are using AI.– Only 39% can point to any measurable financial impact.– Most of those? Less than 5% improvement. We are spending enormous sums on something that, for most businesses, simply isn’t working. But here’s what nobody is…
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Your AI security policy probably bans the wrong things
I’ve seen organisations that:– Block Copilot entirely (whilst staff use ChatGPT on personal accounts)– Prohibit pasting customer names into prompts (but allow full document uploads)– Require VPN access for AI tools (that store data in UK/EU cloud regions anyway) This is security theatre- visible measures that create a feeling of safety without addressing actual risks.…
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Technical Leaders – Working with the Management Team
This document outlines tips for technical leaders to effectively work with management teams. It discusses the importance of understanding management perspectives, communicating effectively, and aligning goals and expectations. Some key recommendations include studying management, asking for guidance, openly communicating, seeking feedback, clarifying objectives, and incorporating outside perspectives to find common ground and work as a…