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Stochastic Parroting isn't Selling

"We're not using AI". This was, on the face of it, the rather shocking statement I received on a salesfloor recently. It was the first time someone had explicitly been so counter-cultural on the matter. Yet beneath the surface, it wasn't so revelatory. After

Choose Proceedable Buyers

I came across shameless MSM clickbait recently. Middle-England likely rushing to discover eight insider tricks for getting the lowest price for your new home. Negotiation generally is not a skill I see in sharp supply throughout salesteams. Mainly as it is a scarcely 'taught' proficiency. Indeed, earlier in

Does Your Track Record Beat AI Project Success?

Blimey. I hope so. I read through stats with fingers over my eyes published into AI project implementation results, as surveyed of 2,000 chief execs by IBM. Their press release announced eleven bulleted findings. Here's the first of them; "Surveyed CEOs report that only 25% of

Going Giral

This week I learned about ... giant viruses. Or a girus, as scientists labelled them upon their discovery since the turn of this century. Sounding like the stuff of B-Movie horror, one may well soon be coming to a streamer near you. They seem to inhabit - the ones we'

Does Arnie Think Your Bogus Idea Brand Sucks?

"Net Zero is bogus" So says Arnold Schwarzenegger. Widely quoted from his annual Vienna climate conference. Which irks him greatly, as he is an avid campaigner for it. Here's his thinking, as read in London's Times broadsheet; “Go to a town like Leeds or

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