Practical AI. In plain English.
Research, frameworks and strategy from the team behind The Foundry Weekly. Written for business owners and leaders who want clarity, not hype.
AI Is Not One Thing. It's Five.
When a leader says 'we need to do more with AI' without saying which type of value they mean, the team makes its own guess. Speed, Quality, Capacity, Capability, Insight — which one are you trying to move?
Scott 13 May 2026 60% of UK Businesses Say Skills Are the Biggest Blocker to AI. They're Right.
The UK government's AI Adoption study found that 60% of businesses cite skills as their biggest blocker. Not budget. Not regulation. Skills. And 71% still have no clear use case.
Scott 13 May 2026 The Use Case Audit: 10 Minutes to Find Out Where Your AI Spend Is Actually Going
A ten-minute exercise that almost no business does and almost every business should. Two columns. What you are paying for, and what you are actually using it for.
Scott 13 May 2026 Microsoft 365 Copilot Hits 20 Million Users. What That Means for Your Business.
Paid Copilot users have crossed 20 million. Weekly usage is now on a par with Outlook. But the gap between paying for Copilot and getting value from it is training, not the licence.
Richard 6 May 2026 Your Team Is Already Using AI. You Just Don’t Know How.
The people who say their team is great at AI rarely know what they are doing with it. The ones who say they are rubbish usually have someone quietly doing excellent work.
Richard 6 May 2026 The Three-Check Habit: 30 Seconds That Make AI Output Yours
Before you send an AI-generated email or paste a Copilot summary into a meeting note, run it past three questions. Thirty seconds. Every time.
Richard 6 May 2026 The Anchor Habit: One Prompt Fix That Makes Copilot Actually Useful
Most Copilot prompts fail because they are too vague. Adding one anchor — a name, project or keyword — tells Copilot where to look and dramatically improves the output.
Richard 29 April 2026 Why the Smartest AI Move This Year Is Writing One Page
The businesses that will look smart about AI in twelve months are not the ones with the best tools. They are the ones who wrote a one-page strategy this year.
Richard 29 April 2026 Most UK Businesses Use AI. Almost None Have Changed How Work Gets Done.
Over half of UK businesses now use AI, yet 95% report no workforce change. The BCC and Stanford data tell the same story: adoption without training is just licensing by another name.
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