Guides

The rules and the method, in plain words.

Short, plain-language explainers on the things behind the work — no legalese, no hype. Pick one to understand the terrain; the services are where we act on it together.

Method

Reg-to-Skills

Turn a regulation into role-by-role capability — the method behind every engagement, from a two-hour clinic to a multi-year programme.

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Governance

AI governance, explained

What it is, why it pays for itself, and how to make it live in your people instead of a binder nobody reads.

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Owning governance

Who owns AI governance?

It isn’t a person you hire, a policy you write or a framework you buy — it’s an operating model: who decides, who checks, who can stop it, and where the evidence lives. The four accountability zones, and why you can’t hire your way to governance.

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Shadow AI

Shadow AI, explained

Your staff already use AI you haven’t approved. Why banning it fails — and what works instead.

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HR & Talent

AI for HR, talent & L&D

From easy wins to the hiring decisions the AI Act treats as high-risk — and the trap of using a chatbot as a judge.

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The shift

From chatbots to agents

AI is moving from answering questions to doing tasks. What’s changing, why it matters, and the skills that stay valuable.

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Getting set up

Getting AI to know you

Most people think the skill is prompting. The real unlock is the settings, projects and agents you’ve never opened — so ChatGPT or Copilot knows your role and acts on it without being told twice.

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Under the hood

The files that run an AI practice

Working well with AI isn’t about clever prompts — it’s about a few plain files that tell it how to work, what to remember and which jobs to do. A look under the hood.

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EU AI Act

The EU AI Act, explained

Heard of it, hazy on the detail? Grasp it through two laws you may already know — GDPR and product-safety regulation.

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Provider or deployer

Deployer or provider?

Most companies using AI are “deployers”, with manageable duties. But configure, rebrand or repurpose that AI and the Act can treat you as its “provider” — with a manufacturer’s full obligations. The line, and how not to cross it by accident.

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Local & sovereign AI

Running your own AI isn’t compliance

Running the model yourself — on-device, on-premise, on sovereign EU infrastructure — is a real win for data control. But where a model runs answers residency, not conformity: the EU AI Act regulates the use, wherever inference happens. The traps, and where sovereign AI genuinely pays off.

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