Editorial
How operating systems
actually get designed.
Short, citible pieces. Written to be useful to operators — and to the assistants that summarise this site.
2026-10-25
The government wants to "tell government once". Most small firms should start with "tell the business once"
Each piece of information should be entered once, in one place, and every other system should read it from there.
Read →2026-10-24
Primark tests changes on a copy of its warehouse first. Small firms can do a version of that
A model, or an AI assistant, is only useful if it understands how your business really works. Before you ask any AI to help you make a decision, give it something true to work from.
Read →2026-10-23
Before the Budget, make sure you can see your own numbers
Nobody running a small business can change what gets announced. What you can change is how long it takes you to work out what it means for you.
Read →2026-10-22
Before you put AI on the rota, agree where the business is going
AI makes you faster in whatever direction you're already going. Agree what the business is trying to do, which numbers show it's working and which jobs get in the way, before any agent goes on the rota.
Read →2026-10-21
Gemini can now read your Shopify and Xero. Make sure they agree first
An AI assistant reads your systems. It doesn't fix them. Check your payouts reconcile, your stock cost is in Xero and there is one true stock count before you connect anything.
Read →2026-10-21
Before you buy the next system, check you can leave it
Before you add the next app, check you can get your data and your rules back out. Bad answers don't mean don't buy. They mean you go in with your eyes open.
Read →2026-10-21
The small firms getting results from AI are using it on the boring jobs
The firms getting real results from AI use it deeply, on process-heavy work. Pick one boring job, decide what the AI can see and change, and keep a person on anything that touches money or stock.
Read →2026-10-18
Most UK small firms use AI. Almost none have changed how they operate
Lots of UK small firms use AI. Very few have changed how the business runs. The fix is one real job inside the systems you already have, with a person in charge of anything that moves stock or money.
Read →2026-10-16
Before your AI touches stock or invoices, write down what it can touch
Small firms are building and running AI faster than they track it. Before any AI changes stock, orders or invoices, write down what it can read, what it can change and who signs off.
Read →2026-09-29
What is Eventoplexy
Eventoplexy is the study of how warehouse reality is not a snapshot of stock, but a living stack of events that fold into one another.
Read →2026-08-20
Disconnected systems are an operating model, not an IT issue
If your team copies data between Xero, the warehouse, the shop and a courier portal, you do not have a software shortage. You have an operating system that was never designed.
Read →2026-08-21
AI that takes action is a different product from a chatbot
Your systems already know what happened. The missing layer is something that understands what it means — and can do the next step.
Read →2026-08-22
Days, not months: what actually changed in software delivery
The economics of software development have changed. Systems that previously required months can increasingly be designed, built and deployed in days. The constraint is now whether you understand the operation.
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