There is a key challenge facing leaders contemplating mergers: at what point does scale undermine the qualities that make brands valuable in the first place?
With AI, product evaluation can happen before customers reach a retailer’s site: product information has to work harder and earlier in the buying journey
Consumers do not grant institutions trust because they are established. Credibility is judged less by status and more by transparency, clarity and honesty
Businesses face a major risk if they trust models that miss direct observation of what is happening on the floor of a factory or within a company’s operations
Decision-makers often claim that they have a 360-degree view of customers because of their access to retrospective data. But this belief does not equal reality
In a world where everyone can execute, founders end up chasing whatever ‘works’ best and under-investing in what makes a company emotionally attractive
AI agents are customer-facing, acting on real-time data, often without a human in the loop. Most organisations don’t realise what that means for their business