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Business-led thinking on AI for UK SME directors: where it pays back, the risks you own, and how to choose before you spend.
Most AI spend in small firms goes on tools nobody measures. The payback sits in a handful of dull, repeated jobs. Here is how I find them, and where I tell clients not to bother.
6 min read
I build with AI every day, and a fair share of my advice is still 'do not use AI for this'. Here is how I tell when a better process, a spreadsheet, a standard feature, a simple rule or a conversation will beat it.
6 min read
Not every annoying job is worth automating. A few minutes with a calculator and five honest questions will tell you whether a process deserves the money, or a quick fix instead.
5 min read
Your team is already using AI, whether or not you have a policy. Here are the risks that stay with the board, what UK GDPR expects of you, and the small set of controls that cover most of it.
6 min read
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