Insights on AI adoption
Written from inside engagements. Published when there's something worth saying.
AI Policy Template for Employees: One Page and a Traffic Light Rule
A workable AI policy for employees fits on one page: which tools and accounts are approved, a traffic light rule for what data may go where, and a few…
Copilot Chat vs Microsoft 365 Copilot: What the Paid Licence Adds
The difference is your own work data. Copilot Chat comes at no extra cost with eligible Microsoft 365 work accounts and works with the web and files y…
ChatGPT vs Copilot vs Claude vs Gemini for Business: How to Choose
For most companies the right AI assistant is the one that sits where your work already lives and that you already license. Microsoft 365 companies sho…
AI Training for Staff: 8 Questions to Ask Before You Book
Good AI training for staff works on your own documents, in the AI tool you already license, and leaves people with a data rule, a shared prompting met…
AI Adoption Plan: The First 90 Days, and How to Measure It
A workable AI adoption plan for a 10-200 person company fits in 90 days: two weeks of shared foundations, six weeks in which each function builds one…
EU AI Act AI Literacy (Article 4): What Employers Need to Do in 2026
Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires every organisation that uses AI systems at work to take measures that support its staff's AI literacy. Since Regul…
How to Build a Team AI Assistant in Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Build a team AI assistant only for a task that recurs at least weekly. Give it one job, write instructions with placeholders instead of guesses, test…
How to Write a Good Prompt at Work: One Method and 10 Templates
A good prompt at work gives the AI six things: a role, the objective, the context, the structure you want, whether to show its reasoning, and where to…
The Real Cost of a Full-Time Chief AI Officer in Europe (And What You Get for Less)
A full-time Chief AI Officer in Europe costs between €180,000 and €800,000 in total compensation, depending on company size. Add 25 to 33% in retained…
Fractional AI Officer vs Consultant vs Agency: A Decision Guide for European Teams
You have three realistic options when your team has decided AI matters but you're not ready to hire a full-time Chief AI Officer: a consultant (projec…
ROCSRS: The 6-Element Prompting Framework Built for Teams, Not Hobbyists
Most prompting frameworks are designed for solo hobbyists. ROCSRS was built for teams: six elements (Role, Objective, Context, Structure, Reasoning, S…
What Counts as a Shipped AI Solution (And Why Most "AI Wins" Don't)
A shipped AI solution is production-ready, documented, owned by a named internal person, and in active daily use. Most things teams call "AI wins" fai…
Why Most AI Adoption Efforts Fail (And the One Thing That Makes Them Stick)
Most AI adoption efforts die somewhere between month two and month four. Not because the tools got worse, but because nobody was ever responsible for…
Why Teams Choose Claude: What It Is Good At, and Where It Is Not the Answer
Teams tend to choose Claude when the work is long-form: reading through contracts and reports, drafting careful prose, working through analysis step b…