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14 issues published. Most recent: Issue 14, 28 July 2026.

  1. Five Weeks of AI Headlines. One Page That Did Not Change. Models pulled then restored, invented facts in a consultancy report, a giant admitting nobody uses its AI. None of it changed the five steps worth running.
  2. Microsoft Put Copilot on 450 Million Desks. Almost Nobody Uses It. An internal memo told the Copilot team to earn its right to exist. Installed is not adopted, and that gap is your opening. Start with what you already own.
  3. Your Team Is Already Using AI. Approved or Not. Someone on your team is using AI and has not told you. Three lines and an amnesty will make it safe by this afternoon, without banning anything.
  4. AI Does the Work. You Do the Checking. The firms warning everyone about AI errors got caught making them. The dangerous mistakes look polished and sure of themselves. Here is the two-minute check.
  5. Which Job Should You Give AI First? Forget the moonshot. The AI efforts that stick start with one boring, weekly task rather than a project. Here is how to pick yours and make it count.
  6. You Do Not Have to Catch Up. Another dramatic week in AI, and none of it changes what to do on Monday. Plus how to brief AI like a person rather than typing at it like a search box.
  7. Three Days From Launch to Gone. The most capable AI model on the planet was switched off overnight. How to tell whether your business is standing on solid ground or someone else’s.
  8. The Tool Was Never the Blocker. The EU pushed its main AI Act deadline out to December 2027. Meanwhile the tools are already good enough, and the real constraint sits somewhere else.
  9. Stop Trying to Write the Perfect Prompt. Fix the Answer Instead. Microsoft made computer-using agents generally available in Copilot Studio. Plus a prompting habit that works backwards from a result you already liked.
  10. Stop Waiting for Your AI Moment. Pick One Task This Week. OpenAI and Enterprise Nation put the saving at 5.2 hours a week per decision-maker. Here is how to pick one first win and prove that number yourself.
  11. Thirty-Nine Registered. Ten Showed Up. What a small turnout taught us about AI adoption, plus the ten-minute disclosure audit to find your EU AI Act gaps before the 2 August deadline.
  12. Ask Three People What “Using AI More” Means. You Get Three Answers. UK government research puts limited AI skills ahead of budget as the biggest blocker. Plus a ten-minute audit of where your AI spend actually goes.
  13. Your Team Is Using AI. You Probably Cannot Say How. The owners most confident about their team’s AI use rarely know what is actually happening. Plus the three-check habit that makes AI output yours.
  14. Half of UK Businesses Use AI. Nine in Ten See No Difference. British Chambers of Commerce data puts UK AI adoption at 54%, yet 95% report no change in headcount. Plus the anchor habit that makes Copilot useful.
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