by Helen | Aug 17, 2026 | General
“Where am I getting screwed?” that’s the question entrepreneur Mark Cuban asks his large language model. I heard him say it in conversation with Allie Miller on a webinar this week. And it’s the question behind one thing that really excites me...
by Helen | Aug 17, 2026 | General
I already feel smug as I write this, as the pizza dough for our dinner is proving in the kitchen. And the thing about this pizza dough is that it seems wrong at every single stage. Or if I’m being melodramatic. Every. Single. Stage. And if I’d been making...
by Helen | Jun 12, 2026 | General
Firstly, I’ve discovered a new word: botshit. It’s a more visceral description of AI Slop that’s been generated without sufficient oversight from common sense. And I just had to share. Also, it’s cited in an actual academic paper –...
by Helen | May 20, 2026 | AI, General, The Hard Part newsletter
Most AI initiatives don’t fail because the technology doesn’t work. They fail because there’s an element missing and no one noticed until it was too late. My big three are Possibility, Proof, and Politics. Get two right and you still fail in...
by Helen | Mar 27, 2024 | General, Innovation
What can chickens can teach us about nurturing ideas? This Easter, can we learn a thing or two from the humble chicken about the way we approach innovation? Innovation leaders talk about incubating ideas. It’s a great metaphor for keeping those ideas in...
by Helen | Feb 29, 2024 | General
Gradually, then suddenly Cheques, the decline of the high street and what that tells us about technology adoption Change is often like this Hemingway quote: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly” — Ernest Hemingway...
