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AI Spend Isn’t The Risk. Invisible AI Spend Is.
Over the past year, I’ve watched AI move from something we were experimenting with to something we simply use every day. Not just in theory, but in practice. I see it clearly in my own team. There isn’t a single function in marketing that isn’t using AI in some way — from brand and content…
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When a Nation Sings, a Team Stands Taller
In a recent post, I looked at what makes great teams truly great. It’s not just about talent, tactics, or leadership in Marketing structures. There’s something harder to define: shared belief, collective identity and the moments that bring people together as something bigger than themselves. Last Thursday’s opening match of the 2026 Men’s Six Nations,…
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AI Imitating Humans or the other way around?
In the past few months, I’ve had the same boring conversation several times: did I really write this myself, or did an AI help? Aside from the fact that I believed it was fairly accepted practice to use AI for productivity and efficiency, I find it mildly irritating. The latest example occurred a few days ago…
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From marketing to finance: rethinking the 4 Ps for modern CFOs
There are certain ideas that stay with you over a career. For me, one of those has always been the four Ps of marketing: Product. Price. Place. Promotion. I never thought of them as a checklist or a set of answers. Instead, they served as a mental anchor – a way to organise messy problems,…
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What Makes a Team Truly Great: Lessons From Two Days of Reflection
Recently, I took a break from the usual daily routine to spend two full days with my leadership team. There were no dashboards, no campaigns, and no urgent decisions – just time together to pause, reflect, and explore what really makes teams work well. For someone who loves dashboards as much as I do, the…