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Is the Saving Real, or Has the Spend Just Moved Desks?
… Usually the second one. The pitch is that AI cuts the cost of building online learning content. What actually happens is that the cost changes owner. Drafting gets cheaper. Everything downstream gets more expensive. Review, because more material arrives faster and someone still has to read it properly. Assurance, because plausible-but-wrong now looks exactly…
Why Consultants ‘Get Fired’ for Being Right
Being a consultant is a curious business. You spend years building expertise, polishing frameworks, gathering data, and staying up late with spreadsheets and policy papers. Then you walk into a client meeting, open your mouth, and realise what they really wanted all along was… advice. The trouble? Advice and expertise are not the same thing.…
Why I Stopped Posting on LinkedIn
Why do so many academics stop posting on LinkedIn? Beyond the humblebrags and announcements, here’s the reality of academic life that rarely gets shared.
