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Every January we clear out the garage. Almost nobody clears out their software stack. It's time British businesses treated their subscriptions like the loft — with a torch, a bin bag and no sentimentality.
Most British firms are trading on goodwill built before the iPhone existed. A brand that hasn't moved in a decade isn't heritage — it's a liability wearing a nice typeface.
Silicon Valley gave the world rounded corners and dark mode. Britain might give it something better: software that's understated, systems-minded and refreshingly unafraid of being dull. Here's why that's a competitive edge, not a limitation.
The four-day week debate misses the point entirely. Britain's most forward-thinking firms aren't buying back days — they're protecting the four hours a day when their people actually think. Here's why cognitive advantage beats calendar tweaks.
British businesses are quietly dropping the 'magic wand' approach to AI and treating it like a talented but green new starter. Turns out the most valuable skill in the building isn't coding — it's knowing how to delegate.
Every ping, badge and banner comes at a price we've never properly counted. As a wave of UK firms experiment with notification-free working, it's time to ask whether the biggest productivity leak in British business is the software we paid good money to be interrupted by.