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AI Strategy5 min read

AI implementation isn't the hard part. Neither is integration. It's knowing what business you're trying to build.

Everyone's racing to implement AI. But the organisations that will actually win aren't the ones moving fastest — they're the ones who stopped long enough to ask the right question first.

Gabbi Stubbs · Read
Data Strategy6 min read

Your data strategy isn't failing in delivery. It's failing in ambition.

Most organisations treat data strategy as an execution problem. They optimise pipelines, hire analysts, and buy better tools. But the real failure happens earlier — when ambition is traded for what feels safe to ask for.

Gabbi Stubbs · Read
AI8 min read

Are Women Being Left Out of AI?

Harvard Kennedy School's latest report examines the growing gender gap in artificial intelligence — who's building it, who's being harmed by it, and what needs to change.

Harvard Kennedy School · Source
AI5 min read

The state of AI: McKinsey's annual survey

AI adoption has surged, but McKinsey's latest research shows a widening gap between organisations capturing real value and those still stuck in pilot mode — with talent, data foundations, and leadership alignment as the deciding factors.

McKinsey & Company · Source
AI Governance4 min read

Australia joins global push for AI controls

Australia has signed on to an international framework for AI safety, but critics argue voluntary commitments won't be enough to keep pace with the speed of development — or protect the people most at risk.

ABC News · Source
Martech10 min read

State of Martech 2026

The annual benchmark on how organisations are buying, using, and rationalising their marketing technology stacks — and what the shift toward AI-native tooling means for the teams trying to keep up.

MartechDay · Source
AI4 min read

Gartner predicts over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by end of 2027

Escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls are the culprits — with Gartner warning that most agentic AI projects are hype-driven experiments that never make it to production.

Gartner · Source
Data Literacy12 min read

Data literacy programs are failing — and middle managers are the missing link

Harvard Data Science Review research finds that data literacy initiatives stall when they focus on executives and skip the layer that actually operationalises change: middle management.

Harvard Data Science Review · Source

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