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GPT-5 Isn’t Just Smarter, It’s Learnt How to Help Us Day to Day

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25 Sep 2025 — 1 min read

Benchmarks are yesterday’s story, now GPT-5 is showing up as a day-to-day assistant.

From Tool to Intern

GPT-5 can still draft, code, and search like its predecessors, but the leap is in its ability to coordinate, use tools, and manage tasks in sequence.
It’s less like a one-off helper, more like a small team you can rely on. That’s what makes it useful — and usefulness is what makes technology stick.

Ready for Business?

Consultancies are some of the toughest test beds for AI adoption. Yet:

KPMG → embedding AI in Clara smart audit for continuous monitoring.
Deloitte → AI assistants for compliance.
BCG → 6,000+ custom GPTs already in play.

This level of investment signals AI has moved from engine room tinkering into the enterprise core.

It’s Still About People

AI isn’t wiping out entire industries — it’s reshaping roles inside them.

McKinsey: a third of EU work hours could be automated by 2030.
But healthcare, STEM, and creative fields are forecast to grow.

Smart companies aren’t “mass reskilling.” They’re weaving AI into existing workflows with snack-sized training and capability-building on the job.

Roads, Rails and Guardrails…

The AI PoC wars are over. Boards now demand transformation with ROI, not hype.

This article kicks off a series on AI Ops — the culture, governance, infrastructure, and change management needed to safely scale AI adoption.

Taking the Wheel: The Art of the Project Takeover

Every project changes shape once it hits real life. Life happens . People leave, phases change and eventually someone new is handed the wheel. And you hear the words every PM dreads 'not much to do - its all under control'. That’s when the real work begins, learning

Keeping the Handshakes Warm When Taking Over a Client Project

When a vendor PM takes over a client project, the job isn’t just delivery — it’s diplomacy. The client’s watching, the team’s watching, and somewhere nearby, the Account Manager is quietly watching hardest of all. 1. The Hand You’re Actually Shaking When you inherit a client

So… What Would Project Success Look Like?

You can tell when a project’s in trouble even before the metrics catch up. Everyone’s “green,” the schedule’s still intact — but people have gone quiet. You feel it in the air. Still, quiet isn’t the end it’s the signal that the project’s ready for

The Map Is Not the Territory - IT Service Mapping in Real Life

Frameworks are great until your infrastructure moves faster than your diagrams. Here’s why tag-based mapping might be the smarter play in 2025 Over the last year I’ve rolled out a few IT Services and Governance layers. I was talking to a friend who’s a ServiceNow guru the