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From industry trends to the future of work, here you'll find insights and updates from leading voices across The Adaptavist Group family of brands.
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Managing cognitive load and protecting team wellbeing in negative news cycles

Distressing, 24-hour news can impact mental bandwidth and people's performance at work. Read our strategies to handle cognitive overload to support your team's wellbeing and psychological safety.
by Emma Weston
on 5 Mar 2026
Jyoti Jaswani on the value of a pause in a world of automation

The value of a pause in a world of automation

As organisations push for productivity, it is time to question the "efficiency-at-all-costs" mindset. Drawing on insights from the Oxford Generative AI Summit and recent Harvard research into cognitive debt, this blog explores why human judgment, empathy, and intentional friction are not bottlenecks but the primary drivers of long-term business value.
by Jyoti Jaswani
on 3 Mar 2026
Harp Athwal addressing the audience

The results are in: How Adapting for Tomorrow helped transform two AI Canadian-based startups

You may remember us launching in 2024 Adapting for Tomorrow, our AI startup incubator programme, which was an initiative we kickstarted out of our Canadian office.
by Harp Athwal
on 26 Feb 2026
Jyoti Jaswani on the subtle signal behind OpenAi's bold hire

The subtle signal behind OpenAI's bold hire

For the past few years, using AI has felt like a conversation. You open a tab, type a prompt, and wait for a response: mails drafted, reports summarised, and content generated. It's useful and impressive, but fundamentally reactive. That phase is ending.
by Jyoti Jaswani
on 25 Feb 2026
Georges Petrequin on AI agents handle the details. Can you still see the big picture?

AI agents handle the details. Can you still see the big picture?

AI agents can handle tasks, but without clear direction, they create more work than they save. Discover how to steer agents effectively and see the bigger picture.
by Georges Petrequin
on 16 Feb 2026
Dr Nick Fine on Improving your product development and innovation odds

Improving your product development and innovation odds

Product development and innovation are challenging but essential tasks for most organisations. The development process can easily be derailed or misdirected. How do you find and validate the ideas that people will pay for? Should you be driven from the bottom-up (by users) or top-down (by vision or ideation), and do those things have to be in opposition?
by Dr Nick Fine
on 13 Feb 2026