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AI at the End of 2025: The Line Between Progress and Overreach
The Line Between Progress and Overreach By Mark Evans MBA Founder 360 Strategy, Aka Rogue Entrepreneur Previous article referenced: “The Truth About the AI Bubble: A Perez–Azhar Playbook for Business Leaders” — https://www.360strategy.co.uk/post/the-truth-about-the-ai-bubble-a-perez-azhar-playbook-for-business-leaders Howard Marks chose his moment carefully. On the 9th December 2025 he published a memo titled Is It a Bubble? for Oaktree Capital’s clients and the wider inves
Business Growth in Scotland: The Bleed You Are Not Measuring
he business that got you to where you are now? It's built on compromises you stopped noticing years ago. These aren't the obvious problems that slap you in the face. They're structural bleeds that look fine on paper but they're quietly eating into your margin, destroying your team's trust, and making it impossible to scale properly.
Beyond the Pilot Trap: The AI Consultancy Guide For Enterprise AI Adoption in 2026
Heading into 2026, any business still caught in this extended experimentation phase should treat itself as officially behind. The window to establish structural competitive advantages is closing. Future success depends less on chasing the latest model and much more on adopting a systemic, enterprise-wide approach.
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How Can SME Leaders Successfully Implement AI? Exploring the 5 Stages of AI Adoption
How Can SME Leaders Successfully Implement AI? Exploring the 5 Stages of AI Adoption
May 124 min read
Understanding the Power and Importance of Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is not just about technology. It’s about changing the way you work and think. When done right, it boosts efficiency, cuts costs, and opens new revenue streams.
Nov 274 min read
The Truth About the AI Bubble: A Perez–Azhar Playbook for Business Leaders
Are we in an AI bubble? Evidence in 2025 points to a large investment boom with visible froth, but not yet a confirmed bubble. The pattern mirrors past infrastructure overbuilds such as the railways and fibre optics, where capacity arrived before demand, valuations overshot reality, and corrections followed. Those corrections were painful but productive, leaving behind assets that enabled long-term growth.
Oct 68 min read
How do SME Leaders Manage The Risks of AI: The 360 Strategy 5 Pillar Framework
The risk landscape has shifted from vague caution to specific failure modes. Privacy breaches through shadow AI tools. Unreliable outputs in customer workflows. Vendor lock-in and regulatory surprises. The dangerous element isn't any single risk, it's their unmanaged combination creating a perfect storm of business disruption, reputational damage and bottom line erosion.
Aug 156 min read
AI Agent Deployment: A Safe, Reliable Framework for Business Leaders
Agents will be everywhere. The difference between a competitive edge and a costly mess will come down to your architecture and your discipline. Autonomy without governance is reckless. Governance without autonomy is pointless. Build both into the same system and you give your people a tool they can trust.
Aug 127 min read
What Is an AI Agent? A Complete Guide to Understanding 7 Types of Intelligent Agents 2025
Complete guide to AI agents in 2025: 7 types explained with real enterprise examples. Learn the critical difference between autonomous agents and basic automation tools. Discover proven implementation strategies, common failure patterns, and ROI metrics from actual deployments. Essential reading for business leaders evaluating agentic AI for customer service, manufacturing, and workflow automation.
Aug 58 min read
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