Rachel and Chris on the show this week to discuss a series of big changes over the last, say, six months or so with our billing system. We’ve essentially re-written this thing several times, and obviously this is the best time. Having three plans, two payment providers, teams, and fifteen years of history is a…
AI board decision-making is becoming a live governance issue for UK companies as directors move from asking whether artificial intelligence can improve operations to asking which decisions it should influence inside the boardroom. A Board Intelligence poll of 400 board directors, chief executives and finance chiefs found that 84% of respondents said their boards had…
Proprietary trading gets a lot of attention because, on the surface, the model sounds direct: a firm trades for its own account rather than handling client money. That part is easy to say. The harder part is building a structure that can support the way proprietary trading actually behaves once real market pressure starts to…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The US-Iran “ceasefire,” such as it is, is breaking down. What’s happening? After Iran downed a US helicopter earlier this week, violence between…
Findings from an exploratory user research study highlighting the unique insights and practical UX recommendations shared by participants with cognitive disabilities. In the summer of 2024, I became co-chair of a working group of expert researchers who came together to determine how best to perform accessibility testing with people with cognitive disabilities. This was work…
“We are deliberately putting more focus on loyalty and less on acquisition volume for its own sake,” Coralie Vrancken, CEO of the Le Soir Division within Belgium’s Groupe Rossel, told participants at our World News Media Congress in Marseille. (Vrancken also became a WAN-IFRA Board Member last week). The Brussels-based publisher is currently experimenting with…
When a business changes hands, a patent gets licensed, or an investment portfolio gets stress-tested, one question surfaces almost immediately: what is this actually worth? The answer is rarely a single number pulled from a formula. Instead, experts estimate fair value by triangulating multiple valuation models, each examining the subject from a different angle. The…
Comoros, an island nation of less than a million people, more than 3,000 miles away from Iran, might not seem to have much at stake, politically, from the current conflict in the Middle East. Donald Trump has never publicly mentioned it. It is neither an ally nor a target of the Iranian regime. But as…
President Donald Trump’s warning that the United States “must respond” after a U.S. Army Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz is reviving concerns that oil prices, shipping expenses and inflation could move higher again. The incident has sharpened attention on one of the world’s most important energy corridors at a time…
For years, recurring revenue was the foundation of the private equity investment case for software companies. Subscription contracts, predictable cash flows and high customer retention rates helped justify rich valuations and substantial leverage. That formula is now under pressure. The sharp slowdown in software buyouts during 2026 is more than a temporary pause in dealmaking….