Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧

Natural sceptic – in a positive way. ‘Digital Marketer’ since long before the term existed. Nottingham Forest season ticket holder ... and fan since forever.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@tomfgoodwin Don’t worry Tom; according the folk selling it, ai will be able to do all those jobs.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO Just what is a retailer’s staff - assume not shop floor - using ai for? Its stock control, accounts, wages, etc, etc will have been computerised decades ago. HR, marketing maybe - but both would be to the detriment of those services.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@tomfgoodwin

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO Back in another lifetime in retail: the owner spent every Saturday in one of his 465 shops. Not only did he find out what his 'senior management team'* [inc me] was getting right and wrong, but more important - he talked to actual customers.
* We didn't call it that in 1980

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO Is there such a thing as self-shilling?

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO Doesn't need an account Alastair ... just anyone who can say 'Well durr?'

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@DougGarnett @bruceclarkprof “Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's final exam?

Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.”

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO I was going to respond - but I suspect that you won’t get fooled again.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@BigBrainBizness @BreneBrown 1984 (again 🙄).

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@tomfgoodwin Was in UK KFC this evening. Queue of 4 customers waiting to use order screen. 2 staff behind counter waiting to ‘serve’ orders that weren’t being placed. Verbal orders not accepted, ‘digital’ only. Person who asked left with partner and 3 children.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO Not just uni staff … all the ‘ancillary’ jobs/income in accommodation, food, bars, etc etc.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO A comeback for ‘pp’ ?

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@tomfgoodwin Busy running the organisation, not meeting the needs of customers.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@tomfgoodwin 💯agree.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@DougGarnett @grightford @bruceclarkprof @Runsforcoffee1 @MoveBravely @alicesalisburyj @liseymacd @ajwillshire @FinanceDirCFO @Mechani_Kong @SharonGChiara @andrewceverett @ramirezreyes @dave_wakeman @Phillip_Oakley @guy_herbert @content_grinder @KBallsays @atgarone @TomLewis_CPI @panoptika @GrumpyAgencyGuy @seanmfdineen @mrdipeshashah @Simon83 @Giles_Edwards @LMPD But is this ai? Seems I’ve been getting similar emails for years?

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO 💯

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO I’ve no expertise in this, but any “unusual structure” in finance suggests - to me - dodgy practice 🤔

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@bruceclarkprof @DougGarnett @Runsforcoffee1 @MoveBravely @alicesalisburyj @liseymacd @ajwillshire @FinanceDirCFO @Mechani_Kong @SharonGChiara @andrewceverett @ramirezreyes @dave_wakeman @Phillip_Oakley @grightford @guy_herbert @content_grinder @KBallsays @atgarone @TomLewis_CPI @panoptika @GrumpyAgencyGuy @seanmfdineen @mrdipeshashah @Simon83 @Giles_Edwards @LMPD I recall that back in the early days, a 404 page was referred to as 'gone to Atlanta' ... the telephone dialing code for the area.

[Alan Charlesworth 🇬🇧 @thatAlanCh]

@FinanceDirCFO 1984