Executive Insights

AI has made writing software fast and cheap. A national retailer is betting on it, and finding that the bottleneck has moved. A national retailer with more than 80 stores is doing something most retailers wouldn't risk. It is replacing the off-the-shelf software that runs its stores, point-of-sale, and warehouses with bespoke software. AI has rewritten the economics of build vs. buy. I'm advising on the transformation, and writing about it in flight. The odd thing is, it all

Watch Troy explain how fractional leadership can work in practice, and why the right expertise at the right time can make a real difference to a growing business. Although the roles were focused on technology, the wider lesson applies across the C-suite. Businesses do not always need another permanent appointment. Sometimes they need the right person, with the right experience, to help them move forward.

Before taking Alan Giles’ Practical AI for Business Founders course, I thought I had a reasonable understanding of artificial intelligence. Like many people, I had experimented with tools such as ChatGPT and could see their potential for answering questions, generating ideas and helping with written content.

Somewhere today, one of your customers asked ChatGPT what to buy instead of searching Google. The answer named three brands. If yours was not one of them, you were invisible at the exact moment the decision was made, and the engines remember their favourites.

Every founder hits the "Complexity Wall." It’s that moment when your vision has successfully translated into a product, your first customers are live, and the business is finally breathing on its own.

Commonly, in sales, it is widely understood that is it easier and cheaper to...

How the overwhelming pace of technological change creates paralysis instead of progress, and what strategic leaders can do about it.

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are bombarded with an endless stream of new technologies promising efficiency,...

We're thrilled to announce that Fractional Execs has been named one of the Top 30 Most Innovative Companies of 2024 by the SME Business...

Feeling overwhelmed by the hype and jargon surrounding AI? You're not alone. The AI Buyer's Guide is here to cut through the noise and...