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Repairing Work: Why Gen Z and AI are Stitching a New Future (Not Tearing Down the Old One)
š I Watched This TEDx Talk – and It Really Got Me Thinking š Whatās Broken, Exactly? š¤ An Evolution, Not a Uprising āļø Where AI Fits In: The Ultimate Enabler š” How AI Helps Gen Z Lead the Evolution š What About Your Business? š§ Vision RequiredāNot Just Tools šÆ Bringing It All Together…
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Why on Earth Would Any Young Person Work for You?
1. The Problem: The Talent Pipeline is Drying Up Insolvency firms across the UK are quietly facing a crisisāone thatās not on a balance sheet, but in the staffing plan. Recruitment has become a slow-motion car crash. The next generation of talent isnāt exactly queuing up outside IP firms. Bright young peopleāambitious, tech-savvy, adaptableāare giving…
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Burnout, Backlogs and Bother: How Smart IPs Are Using AI to Breathe Again
1. The Problem: Too Much to Do, Too Few People to Do It Letās be honest – being an Insolvency Practitioner in 2025 is a bit like juggling flaming swords while riding a unicycle on a tightropeā¦ in a wind tunnel. The pressures are real, the stakes are high, and the margin for error is…
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AI is Coming for Your Job – And Thatās a Good Thing (If Youāre Ready)
Letās start with a question: How do you feel about AI? Excited? Nervous? Terrified? Dismissive? Be honest. Do you think itās all hype? A passing trend? Or are you watching it creep closer, wondering when it will touch your work, your career, even your daily life? Hereās the thing: AI isnāt coming – itās already…
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The Three-Part Rule: How to Split Every Task Between You and AI
Introduction: Why You Need a System If you’re using AI (or thinking about using it), youāre already ahead of the curve. But are you using it wisely? Or are you drowning in inefficiency, either clinging to tasks AI could handle or, worse, blindly trusting AI without proper oversight? Hereās the golden rule: split every task…
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AI in Insolvency: Friend, Foe, or the Future?
Ethan Mollick, in his book Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI – by the wway a book we wholeheartedly recommend to you – offers a compelling challenge: “You should try inviting AI to help you in everything you do, barring legal or ethical barriers. As you experiment, you may find that AI help can be…
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Generative AI: Your Next Superstar Employee
Would you sack your best employee for making 2 mistakes a year? No? So why do you measure the success of AI on the same basis?
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Appearance on an ICAEW Video
There is a message I regularly send to accountants, insolvency practitioners and other advisors who provide services to businesses. That is… ‘AI is Here, and Itās Not Here to Replace You – Itās Here to Empower You‘ The world of artificial intelligence can feel overwhelming at times, but the truth is AI will not replace…
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What can we learn from Little Joe about generative ai?
As a grandad to a (near) 3 year old, I’m a bit of a fan of Nick Cope. Friday afternoons around Midday I’m normally driving, trying to give my grandson the full hour’s sleep he needs to avoid being crotchety. I have Spotify on, and up among our favourites is Nick Cope. Songs like ‘A…
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The Inflection Point for Insolvency Practitioners: Why Change Canāt Wait
In 1996, Andrew Grove published āOnly the Paranoid Surviveā at a pivotal moment for global business: the dawn of the internet era. Groveās insights into āstrategic inflection pointsā – times when external forces fundamentally reshape industries – were prescient then and are still vital today. His message was clear: companies that donāt embrace major shifts…
