February 9, 2026
Bad hires aren’t caused by evil spirits (probably), but the myths we cling to about 'what good hiring looks like' can haunt your team for years. Here’s how to decapitate the dead ideas before they rise again.
ReadFebruary 9, 2026
A 400-year-old ‘vampire’ got decapitated to stop him rising again. Some hires today need the same treatment—metaphorically, of course. Here’s how deadweight talent still haunts modern teams—and what to do before it’s too late.
ReadFebruary 5, 2026
Firefox just added an AI kill switch. Bold move. Here’s why it should make other tech leaders sweat—and what it says about trust, autonomy, and building tools people actually want to use.
ReadFebruary 5, 2026
The Department for Work and Pensions is revamping its entire data model. But this isn’t just civil service admin—this holds big clues for how modern businesses (yes, like yours) should shape their data orgs to avoid chaos and cost.
ReadFebruary 2, 2026
Severe weather in the Southwest is hammering already-flooded communities—sound familiar? When you hire under pressure without fixing the root cause, you're doing the same thing. Here’s how to stop letting bad processes compound bad outcomes.
ReadFebruary 2, 2026
AI notetaker gadgets are popping up like mushrooms—and some of them might just save you hours after every meeting. Here’s how these nifty tools could help your teams move faster, think clearer, and stop bickering over who said what.
ReadFebruary 2, 2026
One Oracle data centre went offline due to bad weather—and TikTok limped for days. Here's what this icy mishap reveals about cloud risk, resilience and the tech hiring blind spots nobody wants to talk about.
ReadFebruary 2, 2026
Hackers lurked undetected for nearly a year in TriZetto’s systems before being spotted. Now over 700,000 victims are paying the price. Here's why this matters way beyond healthcare—and what tech leaders need to do differently.
ReadJanuary 29, 2026
If SpaceX goes public at a $1.5T valuation, it won’t just rattle Wall Street—it'll set off a hiring surge across tech. Here's how founders and CTOs should prepare now, before the recruiting arms race kicks off.
ReadJanuary 29, 2026
Hiring in winter? Don't let your pipeline go cold while your feet do the same. Here’s what a space heater taught me about keeping recruitment warm, focused, and efficient—even when the furnace (or funding) is patchy.
ReadJanuary 29, 2026
The UK Government wants to train 10 million adults in AI. Cute. But mass upskilling won’t matter if the talent funnel’s still cracked. Here’s what founders and tech leaders should focus on instead.
ReadJanuary 26, 2026
Some countries are outpacing others with AI, leaving tech talent gaps as wide as the Grand Canyon. OpenAI wants to level the playing field — but will that fix your hiring problems? Spoiler: not anytime soon.
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