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Navigating the AI transition

How states, institutions, and economies adapt as AI capabilities rapidly scale. We bring operational experience to governance questions that matter.

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04Democratic Governance

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Economy

2026.03.19

What the AI transition means for the UK labour market — beyond the headlines

The debate about AI and jobs oscillates between utopian and apocalyptic. Neither is useful. This brief examines what the evidence actually shows about near-term labour market disruption.

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Governance

2026.03.26

Why "AI regulation" is the wrong frame — and what to do instead

AI governance is not about constraining a static technology — it's about building institutional capacity to manage a transition already underway.

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State

2026.04.09

State capacity for AI: is Whitehall ready?

Government talks about being "pro-innovation" on AI. But does the British state have the technical capacity and institutional knowledge to actually deliver?

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