Why Talent Is the Critical Path to AI Success
AI is no longer a future ambition; it’s a present reality. The real question is how to move beyond pilots and convert intent into outcomes. In my...
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Scaling Your Tech Team as You Grow: Key Considerations for Sustainable Success
As organisations evolve, so too must their technology teams but scaling isn’t just about hiring more developers, it’s about building a resilient,...
Tech Talent Market Trends
As digital transformation accelerates across industries, the competition for top-tier tech talent has intensified. At Abstract Group, we’ve seen...
Creating Realistic Hiring Timelines for Tech Talent
The tech industry moves quickly, and timing can be a strategic advantage. Whether you're expanding your team to support innovation or preparing for a...
Talent Mapping: Building the Right Tech Team for the Future
Technology is advancing at speed, and with it, the roles required to build, manage, and sustain digital capability. For organisations looking to...
Breaking Into the AI Industry: A Talent Perspective
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s a driving force behind innovation across every sector. From generative tools like...
Unconscious Bias in Technology Executive Search
Introduction The success of a business is significantly influenced by the strength and effectiveness of its senior leadership team. These leaders set...
Tech Leadership: Who does what?
It goes without saying that technology roles have evolved significantly in recent years. The responsibilities and scope of technology leadership have...
Role Titles: Method or Madness?
The question ‘What do you do?’ is almost always followed with a response that includes someone’s job title and understandably so; a job title often...
Tackling the Uk's Technical Skills Shortage
The Growing Skills Gap The United Kingdom is currently facing a severe technical skills shortage across numerous industries, particularly in critical...
The Role of Research in Appointing Senior Leaders
When appointing new board members, it’s easy to choose someone from your existing network or hire on recommendation. An empty board seat or absent...
Building a Non-Executive Board Post Investment
Private Equity (PE) investment can fundamentally change the way a leadership team operates as it adjusts to working with new investors and refocuses...
Why is a Technology Transformation Business Conducting Executive Search?
A Unique Approach If you ChatGPT ‘What is executive search’, you get this response: Executive search, also known as headhunting, is a specialised...
The Rise of the Technical Non-Executive Director
Increasingly, we see CIOs and CTOs holding board seats but typically, non-executive board members have been recruited for their commercial expertise...
Private Equity & Gender Parity in the Boardroom, a Love Story
There are stacks of disheartening statistics when it comes to gender inequality and apparently all sorts of awful things are happening faster than...
Britain's Got Start-Ups Bath
Cultivating Innovation with Abstract Group's Expertise The entrepreneurial spirit burns bright across the UK, with ambitious start-ups and scale-ups...