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How AI is helping sellers read buyer intent
Data Protection

How AI is helping sellers read buyer intent

Deal teams can now spot serious bidders earlier, reducing wasted effort and helping sellers react before interest fades in live transactions.

By Justin Smith • 4 min read • 6 days ago
Why AI projects that don't start with a study of customer behaviour are destined to disappoint
Data Analytics

Why AI projects that don't start with a study of customer behaviour are destined to disappoint

Many AI roll-outs miss returns for years because businesses fail to spot customer pain points before automating broken processes.

By James Johnstone • 4 min read • 6 days ago
'That's the wrong right idea!' is the smartest thing a lawyer can say
Digital Transformation

'That's the wrong right idea!' is the smartest thing a lawyer can say

AI is making clients better informed before they meet advisers, shifting the value of lawyers towards judgement, challenge and risk transfer.

By Jamie Ng • 4 min read • Last week
Workday appoints John Lombard as Asia Pacific president
Software-as-a-Service

Workday appoints John Lombard as Asia Pacific president

Asia-Pacific customers may see sharper sales focus as Workday steps up regional growth efforts under a new president with deep local experience.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week
Quanton marks a decade with six million hours saved
Manufacturing

Quanton marks a decade with six million hours saved

Its founders say the consultancy has avoided redundancies and kept growth lean, even as demand for AI transformation rises across the region.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last month
Quanton launches Australian operations amid AI scepticism
Digital Transformation

Quanton launches Australian operations amid AI scepticism

Many firms are failing to turn AI spending into returns, as Quanton opens in Australia to help clients scale deployments and change management.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month
KPMG says AI becomes an everyday work tool for 22%
Digital Transformation

KPMG says AI becomes an everyday work tool for 22%

More firms are tying AI spending to measurable results, yet just 7% have established a return on investment, KPMG says.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
McKinsey says AI could transform marketing but firms lag
Digital Transformation

McKinsey says AI could transform marketing but firms lag

Despite heavy use of AI tools, fewer than 10% of firms have scaled them across marketing, leaving billions in potential gains unrealised.

By Regine Laguilles • 5 min read • Last month
Infosys, ANA & LIONS launch CMO AI Hub for members
Digital Transformation

Infosys, ANA & LIONS launch CMO AI Hub for members

The member-only hub gives 1,200 global marketing leaders a secure way to query shared insights and case studies as AI reshapes their jobs.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
PagerDuty names Eric Prengel as Chief Financial Officer
Software-as-a-Service

PagerDuty names Eric Prengel as Chief Financial Officer

Howard Wilson's retirement will hand PagerDuty a finance chief with deeper banking and public-company experience as it pushes further into AI tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

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MHP Consulting UK marks a decade in automotive work
Customer Relationship Management

MHP Consulting UK marks a decade in automotive work

The Reading consultancy is broadening beyond carmaking after 10 years in Britain, as manufacturers push digital overhaul across sales and factories.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month
UK businesses lose GBP £67 billion on failed AI work
Digital Transformation

UK businesses lose GBP £67 billion on failed AI work

Poor oversight is leaving large UK firms to write off GBP £67 billion a year from failed AI and transformation projects.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month
Littlefish appoints Flannery to strategic partnerships role
Digital Transformation

Littlefish appoints Flannery to strategic partnerships role

The reshuffle gives the group a stronger Irish leadership structure as it tightens ties to Microsoft after buying Storm in 2024.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month
Irish CEOs upbeat on growth as geopolitical risk rises
Digital Transformation

Irish CEOs upbeat on growth as geopolitical risk rises

Geopolitical tensions are now the top worry for Irish bosses, even as 92% expect revenue growth and a stronger competitive position.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month
Bentley teams up with Capgemini on digital overhaul
Data Analytics

Bentley teams up with Capgemini on digital overhaul

The carmaker aims to streamline production and back-office systems as it pushes data and AI into its Crewe Dream Factory project.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month
Canadian firms struggle to turn AI trials into ROI
Digital Transformation

Canadian firms struggle to turn AI trials into ROI

Nearly half of Canadian business leaders are testing AI without seeing returns, as firms struggle to embed the technology into daily operations.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month
Irish business leaders wary as AI confidence rises
Digital Transformation

Irish business leaders wary as AI confidence rises

Rising adoption is sharpening fears over jobs and security, even as three-quarters of Irish business leaders trust AI use in their firms.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month
Axiologik hires two principals as AI demand surges
Digital Transformation

Axiologik hires two principals as AI demand surges

The Leeds consultancy is adding 15 AI roles as clients grapple with data and governance hurdles that keep pilots from reaching production.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month