Steve Dennis

The Black Box

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The Seductive Peril of the Black Box: Navigating Transparency in the Age of AI

For too long engineers have contended with “black boxes” —technologies whose internal workings are opaque. You see the data go in and the results come out, but what happens in between is hidden. This is especially risky now, as large language models...

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Sale! Peak trading inbound.

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Peak Paranoia is Real. Here’s How to Use It.

Peak Paranoia is Real. Here’s How to Use It. Spoiler: It’s not panic, it’s pattern recognition. But only if you act.

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De-risking complex retail tech stacks

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De-risking complex retail tech stacks

The retail tech stack is growing – but so are your risks. Here's how to stop it becoming a mess. The recent Retail Technology Show in London had so...

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RTS 2025

Reflecting on RTS 2025

We took a moment to unwind after two eventful days at the Retail Technology Show 2025. Reflecting on some interesting insights gathered during the...

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Visit Spike at the Retail Technology Show 2025

Are you going to RTS (the Retail Technology Show)? Then you’ll get to see us, because so are we!

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How ready are you to effect change in 2025?

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How ready are you to effect change in 2025?

2024: another year of pressure for retailers. As if running an online retail business wasn't already a circus, retailers had to brace and hold under...

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Fractional Test Leadership

What is Fractional Test Leadership? The concept of fractional leaders is common for C-level roles and is a popular approach for companies needing a...

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The Retail Technology Iceberg

The retail technology iceberg illustrates the complex landscape of retail tech.

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The 4 Golden Rules for pain-free technology transformation

We are delighted to support the retail industry as an associate partner of the British Retail Consortium.

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Web page speed: Keeping your ecommerce website turbocharged

For most ecommerce sites 2020 has allowed an ever rising influx of customers to flock online and buy pretty much everything they want or need as...

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