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AI strategy & architecture

The next use case is the real test of your AI platform.

Build a foundation that makes the next useful application easier to deliver, with a clear architecture, staged investment and a senior team that can operate it.

18 October 202622 min read

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Private equity & AI

AI products in private equity: back the builders.

How PE leaders can judge AI teams, remove delivery barriers and turn working software into portfolio value.

18 October 202617 min read

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Finance & leadership

CFOs: midnight is not a performance metric.

A CFO agenda for 2026–27: challenge the layers, back good judgement and use AI to change the work.

18 October 202612 min read

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Corporate strategy & governance

Shareholder activism: earn the mandate.

A board agenda for testing strategy, capital allocation and the ability to deliver under shareholder scrutiny.

18 October 202613 min read

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Performance improvement

Zero-based budgeting: fund the work that matters.

Rebuild the cost base, change how work gets done and make the savings last.

18 October 20269 min read

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