Let the machines do the grunt work, so that we can do the great work July 22, 2026 AI is spectacular at the boring, mundane, repetitive grunt work, data entry, first-pass research, formatting, scheduling and summarising. It can execute those tasks faster and, frankly, better than most of us. Good. Let it. Because the moment you free a talented person from grunt work, they do what machines cannot: build relationships, exercise judgment, tell [...]
Streeting’s EU Plan would cost our hard-won relationship with Trump May 19, 2026 West Streeting's pitch to rejoin the EU may play well with Labour Party members, but it will prove a liability for whoever has to govern.
Sorry Miranda, fear-led leadership doesn’t work for women anymore May 13, 2026 The icy, fear-led leadership of Devil Wears Prada fame is not only no longer in vogue, it's no longer effective, writes Lissele Pratt.
Watch out senior leaders, the Mamdani Effect is coming for your boardroom April 22, 2026 Zohran Mamdani's election as New York mayor is a bellwether for a wider youth leadership movement, writes Kate Robertson.
A post-midterms, lame-duck Trump could be the most dangerous yet April 21, 2026 Trump is obsessed with sealing his legacy by any means. The next two years will probably be Trump's most violent yet, writes Michael Martins.
Meet Gen Zalpha: The new generation up-starts reshaping consumer culture March 18, 2026 Forget Gen Z, it's Generation Zalpha whose commercial influence now matters in the advertising world, writes Ogilvy's Amelia Torode.
Labour’s branding of ambition as ‘masculine’ is a disturbing revelation March 11, 2026 New Labour guidelines telling businesses to rid their job ads of 'masculine' terms like 'ambitious' is sending completely the wrong message.
Why you should put your CEO on Tiktok (from someone who’s done it) March 4, 2026 After a viral Tiktok video led to a spike in business enquiries, Riannon Palmer tells us about the power of founder-led storytelling.
Why US tech firms are circling Wales for AI investment February 24, 2026 With land, connectivity and an enabling regulatory ecosystem, Wales is now on the radar of AI investors, writes Phil Pugh.
‘What if a blind person falls over an e-bike?’: The untenable rise of whataboutism February 17, 2026 Rowing about hypothetical dangers like e-bikes on pavements is turning London into a febrile City, scared of progress, writes Michael Martins.