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Commentary on AI adoption in UK businesses: what third-party studies actually show, where vendor claims break down, and what the numbers mean for a leader deciding what to do next. Findings from aibl’s own survey sit separately under UK AI adoption research.

aibl Research: AI Training Exercises for Sales, Marketing and Support

aibl Research: AI Training Exercises for Sales, Marketing and Support

Most companies we work with have a high degree of AI adoption. But there's enormous variation between teams and...

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aibl Research: Advice from 1999

aibl Research: Advice from 1999

Last week we talked about why AI projects break, and I argued that the published research is easy to misread. Now...

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aibl Research: Why AI-Failure Research Keeps Getting Misread

aibl Research: Why AI-Failure Research Keeps Getting Misread

Everyone now knows that most AI projects fail. Most of any type of project fails after all. The 80% figure from...

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The AI progress you missed, and what comes next

The AI progress you missed, and what comes next

There's so much AI news that it's easy enough to miss the steady improvements and even the leaps...

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Why AI investments compound rather than depreciate

Why AI investments compound rather than depreciate

One of the more insightful pieces I've read on AI strategy recently is from Baba Prasad, a professor of...

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One quarter of insight in five minutes

One quarter of insight in five minutes

Over the past quarter we've spoken with operators from across the UK's AI ecosystem. Here are the key messages...

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Confidence isn’t a strategy: what two 2026 AI surveys show

Confidence isn’t a strategy: what two 2026 AI surveys show

Two surveys came out this month: one on UK and Irish mid-market firms, the other on the US and Canadian middle...

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BCG’s AI at Work study confirms what aibl’s research already found

BCG’s AI at Work study confirms what aibl’s research already found

I told you so. It's petty I know, but it feels good when a monster like BCG reinforces a message from your own...

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What Harvard’s AI-native firms research actually shows

What Harvard’s AI-native firms research actually shows

A new Harvard Business School working paper by Hyunjin Kim (INSEAD) and Rembrand Koning finds that AI-native...

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How AI is reshaping B2B buying, on Forrester’s numbers

How AI is reshaping B2B buying, on Forrester’s numbers

AI has become the single most important research source in B2B buying. In Forrester's 2026 survey of nearly...

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AI token costs: what mid-market finance teams are missing

AI token costs: what mid-market finance teams are missing

Token costs and the CFOs who didn’t see them coming The average monthly AI spend by mid-sized firms grew...

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Your Senior Team Is More Exposed to AI Than Your Graduates, and Why That Matters

Your Senior Team Is More Exposed to AI Than Your Graduates, and Why That Matters

Senior roles are more exposed to AI disruption than graduate-level jobs — and the data is now confirmed....

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