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Everyone has AI. Almost nobody has it working.

Your people have the licences. Leadership has seen the demos. And most of the work still looks the way it did last year. We find where AI belongs in your company, show it running on your own cases, and build what's worth building: with your people, not around them.

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Find your starting point

Where are you with AI?

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Your starting point

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Who we've worked with

Trusted by 85+ organisations, from banks to factory floors.

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How we work

From first spark to something running in your systems.

Four stages. Most companies start with the first; some come in at the third with one use case. Nobody has to take them all.

Your starting pointInspire and map

See it, then map it

Show your people what AI does on their own work, then map where it belongs, and where it doesn't.

AI Inspiration Keynote · AI Playbook · AI-Powered Future of Work: Department Scan · Company or Department Brain
1
Your starting pointBuild capability

Fluent first, then builders

Three programmes, one per level, so nobody sits in the wrong room.

AI Capability Building: Fluency cohort · Builder cohort · Technical
2
Your starting pointProve and build

Prove it, then build it where it lives

A working proof on your own case, an agreed setup, then the build in your systems.

AI Use Case Cracking · AI Use Case Building · AI Hackathon
3
Your starting pointStay current

Keep leadership ahead

What changed this quarter, and someone to think hard decisions through with.

AI Industry Update Program · AI Leadership Mentoring
4

We repeat and refine this at every level of AI maturity.

For commercial teams, the same logic as one engine:
Spark itAI Commercial Engine Keynote
See it clearlyAI Commercial Scan
Build itAI Commercial Engine
Make it stickCommercial Capability Building and Mentoring

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See it running

We show the result first. Then we talk.

Real work on screen: keynotes, read-outs and use cases running. Every clip is labelled, so you always know what's live, recorded or rebuilt on fictional data.

Malcolm on stage at KI Days Vorarlberg 2026 Recorded
Highlight · 60 seconds · KI Days Vorarlberg, Dornbirn, 28 September 2026

Real run: filmed as it happened · Recorded: a session recording · Fictional data: real work rebuilt on made-up data.

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Stop planning. Start proving.

Tell us about one team or one use case. Malcolm answers personally, usually the same week.

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