BBC News ↗Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky
Tresswell asksWhat would a useful AI trial need to measure?
Read on BBC NewsNews & insights deskRead the signal.
Read the signal.
Consider the business question.
A curated reading desk connecting relevant external research and consulting perspectives with questions for founders and smaller teams.
The wider business picture
Business in focus.
Selected reporting and commentary to inform your next business conversation.
BBC News ↗
The Guardian ↗How small firms use AI to support their workforce
Tresswell asksWhich repeated task would you examine first?
Read on The Guardian
The Independent ↗Where are small businesses finding value in AI?
Tresswell asksHow would you define a worthwhile business outcome?
Read on The Independent
Enterprise Nation ↗Steady but not strong: small businesses and cost pressures
Tresswell asksWhere does your commercial review need more detail?
Read on Enterprise NationArticles 1–3 of 4
Selected 8 November 2026. Illustrative Unsplash photography; some headlines are shortened. Read each article at its original publisher. Access terms may apply.
External reading / Curated 8 November 2026Recent research
Recent research
and consulting perspectives.
A selected reading list, not an automatic news feed. Tresswell’s questions are editorial interpretation, separate from the original publications.
3 selected publications
GOV.UK · 29 October 2026
AI adoption survey 2026
Research into how UK businesses use AI, the barriers they report and its self-reported effects.
A question for your business
Read the original source Which business question would a proposed AI tool help you answer?
Oliver Wyman · 2026 perspective
Why IT operating models need to change before agentic AI
Oliver Wyman argues that scaling agentic AI depends on the way work, ownership and controls are organised, beyond selecting a platform.
A question for your business
Read the original source Is the workflow ready for a trial, and who will review the output?
GOV.UK · 26 June 2026
SME Digital Adoption Taskforce: 2026 update
A published update on work to help smaller businesses adopt digital technologies.
A question for your business
Read the original source What support and implementation effort would a digital change require?
Tresswell editorialBring the reading back
Bring the reading back
to a defined decision.
Our new perspective sets out a worked planning example for reviewing one workflow before investing in an AI tool.
Read our AI readiness perspective