by Dave Hayward | Mar 18, 2026 | AI, AI agents, AI Continuum, AI in advertising, AI literacy, AI RAG, AI Transformation, AI workflow automation, B2B Marketing, Europa Creative Partners, Founder-led marketing, Fractional cmo, Mahi Tahi, Marketing, Marketing as a service, Marketing technology, Nadia Ellis, Personal stories, Podcast, Productivity, Psychology, Public speaking, RAG, Slideshow, Strategy
The foundations of AI readiness and what needs to happen I run a marketing business, which might seem like an odd background for writing about AI readiness. But I spend a lot of time inside technology companies and alongside the people trying to modernise them, and...
by Dave Hayward | Jan 25, 2026 | AI, AI agents, AI literacy, AI Transformation, AI workflow automation, B2B Marketing, Communications, Customer experience (CX), Europa Creative Partners, Life and work, Marketing, Psychology
Prologue: Our agency vs the universe One thing I’ve observed about humans is that we generally overestimate our agency in the world. What we can control is vanishingly small, not even being in full control of ourselves. The trick, and I say this as a world-class...
by Dave Hayward | Apr 20, 2025 | AI, AI agents, AI RAG, B2B Marketing, Founder-led marketing, Fractional cmo, Marketing, Marketing as a service, Marketing technology, Nadia Ellis, Personal stories, Podcast, Psychology, Public speaking, RAG, Slideshow, Strategy
Time to stop worrying and start building your hive of AI agents When I first started thinking seriously about AI agents, I felt the same way I did when I first encountered AI. Too technical. Too complex. A little too much time upfront. I’m fortunate to be surrounded...