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Short, practical takes on AI for marketing and leadership. Watch the latest videos, most of which I’m part of, or read through the articles when you’d rather take your time.

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Written pieces on what’s actually working with AI in marketing and leadership.

Article · AI in practice

MCPs: another three letter acronym, or the next logical step?

Chris Hirlemann on what a Model Context Protocol actually is, why it is not just another API, and what changes when the thing making the recommendation reads your business.

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Article · AI adoption

EU AI Act Article 50: what marketers must do now

The transparency rules apply from 2 August 2026. Where the real risk sits in chatbots, synthetic creative, AI content and personalisation, and what to change first.

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Article · AI search

How to add a preferred source on Google

Google lets you choose whose content appears in your AI Overviews and Top Stories. How to set it up in under a minute, and how site owners can offer the button to readers.

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Article · AI adoption

Better prompts could be the simplest way to improve AI adoption

Before investing thousands in AI workflows, ask how well your team prompts. The CRAFT framework, from the AI in Action session in Macclesfield.

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Article · AI adoption

AI’s environmental impact, in showers, kettles and burgers

The question I get at every talk, answered honestly: what AI really uses in water, electricity and carbon, next to the everyday choices nobody questions.

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Article · AI search

Marketing to an agent, not just a human

Notes from our AI search breakfast on travel: agents choosing brands, AI as the new aggregator, and the metrics that replace clicks.

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Article · Speaking

AI in Action: what I learned in Manchester

The five sections of the talk, the cloud parallel, and why “we’ve always done it this way” is the real blocker.

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