For managers and directors
I help senior managers get better AI output, safer analysis, and board-ready papers in half the time — in plain English, inside your company's policies.
The honest answers
The short answer: yes, and here's exactly why. The things that make you hesitate are the things I think about before the work starts.
I don't need it and I don't want it. Your IT team won't be asked to approve a third-party connector, a browser extension, or a plug-in. Instead, we work out which tools you already have, which are safe to use, and which might be worth a business case.
"IT would never let me plug something into our systems."
Forward your company's policy ahead of the first session. I'll read it, translate it into plain English, and we'll go through it together — so you know what you're allowed to do, what you aren't, and why. No more nodding along in meetings.
"I know we have a policy. I don't know what it says."
Not every AI tool is the same. Some train on what you paste in; some don't. We go through the shortlist, pick the ones that match your policy, and set them up properly. Your rule of thumb: if it's free, you're probably the training data.
"What if I paste something I shouldn't?"
Every tool we build has a built-in double-check — an automatic review that re-reads the output, verifies numbers, and flags anything that looks made up. You see wrong figures and invented citations before they land in a board paper, not after.
"Is this a hallucination, or is it real?"
You finish knowing what you've got, why it works, and how to keep it working. No black box, no dependency, no "it broke — I'll have to call Admin Agents".
"I don't want to need you forever."
Not in front of the board. Not in front of your IT team. Not in front of the junior who uses AI confidently. Plain English, sensible choices, quietly competent.
"I don't want to look naive."
The Skills configured for your role already know GDPR, they're aware of your brand policy and know the latest Google algorithm update. The data analyst Skill has double-checked your sums. Agents with Skills sense-check your output as you go. You don't get a difficult email from legal, your data is robust and your content is discoverable. Board papers don't go out with the wrong data. You don't always have to be the expert. The Skill is.
Honest questions. Honest answer. No email required.
Services
£75
A no-jargon walkthrough. What AI is, who the players are, why some are free, what you get for a subscription. The real risks (IT, HR, privacy, hallucinations) and what's genuinely new. Then an ask-me-anything.
30 mins: Best for the AI-curious who aren't sure where to start.
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We walk through your week, find the 3 biggest time leaks, and I follow up with exactly where AI can help and what to incorporate day to day.
Take the report and run — or bring me back to build.
2 hours: Best for those who sense the efficiencies are out there but can't name them.
View details →from £1,200
Four working sessions over a month. We pick 3–5 Skills from the Admin Agents catalogue of 250+, configure them to your role and your company's policies, and you leave with a personal AI toolkit that you own.
On your schedule: Best for those wanting best practice sorted properly, not just pointed at.
View details →A structured, friendly AI orientation. What it is, who does what, what's safe for work and what isn't. Confidence to stop guessing.
We look at your week together. Where's the time going? What's repetitive? What should be automatic by now?
We build the tools that actually help. Specific agent skills that match your role, your team, and your policies. Documented from day one.
Things change quickly. New features weekly. I'm there as things evolve — ongoing or one-off refreshes when you need them.
Fourteen years building and training inside organisations like these
Head of Product at Time Out · Lobbied for AI tools beyond engineering, briefed the C-suite on margin improving AI opportunities, coached teams on best practice. Publishing Product Lead at the Royal Society of Chemistry · 14 years translating data and engineering plans into plain English at a £60M publishing business. Course tutor at ALPSP. Real AI inside real organisations — and training the people who used it.
"Finally someone who makes AI actually useful and valuable, not just impressive."
A free 30-minute call. No pitch, no obligation — just a conversation to see if there's a fit. I reply within 24 hours on working days.
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