Buying Software in 2026: Procurement Lessons from AI Vendors
Software procurement practices were built for stable products and predictable pricing. Neither assumption currently holds. …
What We Got Wrong About Hybrid Work in the Gulf
Several years in, the debate about days in the office has obscured the question that actually determines whether hybrid works. …
Rebuilding Middle Management After Years of Flattening
Layers were removed in the name of agility. What went with them was the capacity to develop people and translate strategy into work. …
The Year AI Budgets Get Audited
After three years of enthusiastic investment, finance functions are asking what AI spending actually delivered. Many programmes cannot answer. …
Due Diligence in the Age of Adjusted EBITDA
Adjustments have become an art form. Operational due diligence asks whether the business can actually produce the earnings being adjusted towards. …
Churn Is a Product Signal, Not a Marketing Problem
Churn is usually handed to marketing to fix with campaigns. The causes almost always sit in the product and the first weeks of use. …
Scaling a Services Firm Past 100 People
Professional services firms hit a wall somewhere around a hundred people. The founders' informal system stops working and nothing has replaced it. …
The Energy Bill Nobody Modelled: AI Workloads and Data Centres
Compute-heavy workloads have turned energy from an infrastructure detail into a strategic constraint, particularly in a hot climate. …
What Boards Should Ask Before Approving an AI Budget
AI budgets have grown quickly with limited scrutiny. Five questions separate a considered investment from an expensive experiment. …
Preparing for UAE E-Invoicing Without Rebuilding Finance
Electronic invoicing is coming to the UAE in phases. The organisations that struggle will be the ones whose master data was never clean. …
