The most dangerous meeting is one where everyone agrees.

Yeesh. (Thankfully Dan warned CH first…)

It's worth remembering, when the government complains about so-called "price gouging", that over half of the pump price (55% at current levels) is taxation. The government even charges VAT on the fuel duty - a tax on a tax!

If you work or invest in, run, or interact with a business of any kind, read "Alchemy." It will help you build a muscle not taught in business schools: how to see the opportunities that everyone else's models are blind to.

Spot on from PEoperator⚡️ 👇👇 a great read from Rory Sutherland 📕 (alas wasn’t on my reading list for MBA but should have been!) #business #behaviouraleconomics

Obvious thing: anyone who owns a company should check its Companies House details right now. As soon as the dashboard comes back, check that too.

What is really missing is a social media platform called "Shit that actually matters right now". It costs a pound to send every message, but it causes your phone to make a noise like the klaxon on Das Boot.

Ex-BND (German Foreign Intelligence Service) deputy chief Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven received a message from fake Signal “support” asking for his PIN. He typed it in. His contacts then got a malicious link through his hijacked account. He’s a former NATO intelligence chief,

Companies House has referred itself to Information Commissioner’s Office and National Cyber Security Centre over data breach last week. Webfiling restored this morning.

The BIGGEST MISTAKE when choosing your company name: Making it safe. David Placek of Lexicon Branding named BlackBerry, Sonos, Pentium, Impossible Foods, Vercel, Windsurf, CapCut, Azure and 4,000+ others. P&G wanted "ProMop." He killed it and turned it into the billion-dollar

Simple business tip. It doesn't really count as an increase in efficiency if you are making your customer pay the price.

I am probably spending ~2 hrs/day on AI in my company. Different situations - learning (on X mostly), talking through projects with others, or using it myself. I still think people are underestimating it. For those of you who aren’t, take advantage of the head start and dive

Take handwritten notes, not laptop notes

Genius!

You associate carrots with their orange colour because Dutch farmers decided it should be Before the 16th century, carrots were black, purple, white, red, and yellow Farmers in Hoorn found a mutant orange strain and bred it into consistency through selective hybridisation They

Sign outside a wine shop on Oxford.

The golden age of Royal Mail

So if you’re Gen Z and were told that no one is going to help you, consider zagging and asking for help. If you’re older, consider seeking out younger folks to help; they may not even know to ask. The world is changing rapidly and winning will require all of us.

Anyone else tried copilot tasks yet? Cc Rob May | AI & Cybersecurity Leader ? #ai #copilot

Everyone needs to hear this... Michael Caine on his defining philosophy for life: Use the Difficulty As a young actor, he was rehearsing a play when a chair got stuck in the door and blocked his path. He told the other actor he couldn't get by the chair to enter the scene.