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Last week I had the pleasure of delivering the Leading AI Strategy and Execution programme at the Irish Management Institute in Dublin, Ireland. It was a fantastic group of senior leaders and managers from a wide range of sectors, all exploring the same question: How do we move from AI curiosity to real organisati…

Most people want to be seen as AI leaders. Yet very few are building other AI leaders. There is a difference. Knowing how to use artificial intelligence well does not make you a leader. It means you are skilled. If you can write effective prompts, test new tools, run pilots, and build a clear strategy deck, that…

AI won’t fix a messy Microsoft 365 tenant. It will simply scale the mess. CoreView’s research across 500 IT leaders shows: • 81% say managing Microsoft 365 is already a major operational burden • 1 in 3 have faced incidents caused by configuration mistakes • Nearly half lack clear visibility into access and change…

Research has shown a negative correlation between frequent AI use and critical thinking abilities, with one study indicating that cognitive outsourcing reduced independent problem-solving by 35%. The sources describe a risk of cognitive atrophy when learners outsource the "intrinsic cognitive work" of learning.…

The biggest barrier to AI in Microsoft 365 is not capability. It is trust. CoreView’s research across 500 IT leaders shows: • 51% of organisations have rolled back an AI decision that put their environment at risk • 53% say AI is being pushed on them faster than they can govern it • 55% report a growing divide b…

AI alone will not define 2030. Convergence will. This article explores how artificial intelligence is colliding with quantum computing, IoT, and advanced robotics, and why that convergence will reshape industries faster than any single technology wave. It examines the economic scale behind the shift, with AI proje…