https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mvb6pp6gqn2lReally interesting map from @resolutionfoundation.org on 'growth in every postcode' (bit.ly/4r3BDCB) - plus a quick analysis of mine (at LAD level) on whether it's a meaningful metric (beyond rhetoric). Data says: probably not. #dataisbeautiful11 Sep 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb6pp6gqn2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mv6rgrmu3326What a pleasure to contribute to the latest episode of BBC Radio 4 Rethink, presented by the fantastic @benansell.bsky.social. AI sovereignty is a hot topic -- but is it even feasible (let alone affordable) for the UK to be independent of other nations? Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m003188q10 Sep 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6rgrmu3326https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3muwf32fz372mInteresting new TPI working paper showing a positive correlation between digital skills intensity and labour share. At odds with the "tech erodes labour's share" story. #dataisbeautiful https://www.productivity.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/WP080-Twin-Transitions-August-2026.pdf07 Sep 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwf32fz372mhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mum6n7xn5c22Home is where the heart - and increasingly, the work - is. The latest data from the ONS shows just how established home working has become in British businesses. It makes economic sense. #dataisbeautiful03 Sep 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum6n7xn5c22https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mtlleavuh72yTerrific analysis, particularly relevant to the AI boom. However, my observation of 'real life' behaviour of people - consumers and managers - is that their decisions are not nearly as sensitive to forward-looking expectations as some models might suggest. https://bankunderground.co.uk/2026/08/20/is-higher-productivity-inflationary-or-disinflationary/21 Aug 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlleavuh72yhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mtitz5flke2cReally enjoyed contributing to this important article by Irina Anghel and @tomreesjournalist.bsky.social on how the vast health budget could be spent better. #dataisbeautiful Read it it here: bit.ly/4wF2o1t20 Aug 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtitz5flke2chttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mtgejexsfg2nThe first, and probably the last, time I'm mentioned in the same article with Messi! Great piece by Andy Haldane: when it comes to budget measures, less is more, and uncertainty kills confidence, consumption, and investment. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/97766be8-f710-4338-891a-b374fa11d88619 Aug 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgejexsfg2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mtdumbd6gg2tWell... "all" UK businesses cannot be doing this, given that 65% of firms don't actively use AI at all. And there's no evidence that frontier model access is a bottleneck in productivity enhancing adoption. It's just not about the models. #dataisbeautiful https://teraallas.substack.com/p/ai-and-productivity-what-enables18 Aug 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdumbd6gg2thttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mszssvkul22jThis sums up the UK's economic conundrum in a single chart: high returns, low domestic investment. Costs are a key issue - but can't explain it all. If you know what else holds UK investment back, I'd love to hear it. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4fXxPPx #dataisbeautiful14 Aug 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszssvkul22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3msxdox6k6l2yFascinating Bank of England analysis of spill-over effects of a potential AI crash. The UK is not immune, and a USD depreciation could exacerbate the macroeconomic effects, increasing the downside risks to an AI crash globally. https://bankunderground.co.uk/2026/08/13/if-ai-disappoints-the-transmission-of-us-big-tech-earnings-news/13 Aug 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxdox6k6l2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3msqdrasyqk2wWith further devolution on the agenda, this is essential reading. Without a coherent, fact based and shared narrative and strategy, and institutional capital, no amount of devolution will lead to regeneration. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqdrasyqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3msfye2hhjf2uShould we replace politicians with AI? In the UK, 42% of people trust AI chatbots to act in their best interests, compared with just 25% who say the same for elected representatives. Read on to see why, and how AI could complement humans to deliver better policy. bit.ly/4pYDcBt https://bit.ly/4pYDcBt06 Aug 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfye2hhjf2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3ms63ljtqgk2gMust-read for anyone in charge of AI deployment. "When we ask how they define success for an agentic system, they stare at us blankly". Don't be one of them! bit.ly/4ch9thf03 Aug 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms63ljtqgk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mrwpksv6ul2gGreat article which UK needs to pay attention to (tinyurl.com/37epkk3x ). According to the OECD, UK is among the highest industrial-strategy spenders (3.2% of GDP), and spend is dominated by support to the self-employed and SMEs, not strategic sectors (tinyurl.com/2vm3ybd8).31 Jul 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwpksv6ul2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mrroxkblvh2kWhat if technology and policy got us to a point where you didn’t have to work for money? Would you choose a life of leisure, learning, or service? And how might society evolve? Some big questions before heading off for a summer break... https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-and-humanity-what-if-you-didnt #dataisbeautiful https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-and-humanity-what-if-you-didnt?r=2usfjg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer29 Jul 2026 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrroxkblvh2khttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mrmprsfzye2vA really important new paper from The Productivity Institute: the UK's public sector investment has historically been a whopping 40% below its optimum. So don't believe marginal tweaks are the answer. #dataisbeautiful https://www.productivity.ac.uk/research/public-investment-and-supply/27 Jul 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmprsfzye2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mr34gv5xnx2xInteresting data from the ONS on AI in UK businesses. "Over two-fifths of businesses report no barriers" and yet "The proportion of using AI of has increased to [only] 35% of businesses ". If there are no barriers, why are businesses not adopting? Here's why: https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-adoption-the-obstacle-you-cant?r=2usfjg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer20 Jul 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr34gv5xnx2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mqywdpe46e23Good to see this excellent summary and good to be quoted. But I would not call keeping public sector gross investment flat as share of total managed expenditure "prioritising" it. Better than cutting it, but not a real prioritisation towards growth-enhancing capital. https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/how-do-the-economists-rate-reevess-time-at-no-1119 Jul 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqywdpe46e23https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mqtsusa4bf2cAI adoption may be rising, but belief in its benefits is falling. New ONS data show a sharp deterioration in public attitudes to AI across age and gender groups in Great Britain. These attitudes matter for purposeful, beneficial adoption. https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-adoption-may-be-risingbut-belief #dataisbeautiful https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-adoption-may-be-risingbut-belief?r=2usfjg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer17 Jul 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtsusa4bf2chttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mqcgdarkzp2xLoved this article! At first glance, the theme, "AI first movers" may sound like consultant jargon. But read the whole thing and there are profound, data-driven, insights for leaders to pay attention to.10 Jul 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcgdarkzp2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mq77re6htu2uWhat do The Phantom of the Opera and AIDA have to do with AI adoption? There's a 'phantom' obstacle that's stopping firms from adopting AI. It is the first 'A' of the mnemonic AIDA: attention. Without it, other adoption barriers are irrelevant. #dataisbeautiful https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-adoption-the-obstacle-you-cant https://open.substack.com/pub/teraallas/p/ai-adoption-the-obstacle-you-cant?r=2usfjg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web09 Jul 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq77re6htu2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mpy42fw6l526Another hilarious moment with Claude.ai. I asked it to criticise a piece I'd written and a) it thought the bits I wrote myself (albeit while being somewhat distracted) were "the most AI-sounding"; and b) the bits I'd asked ChatGPT to draft were "the strongest writing". Some rather brutal feedback!06 Jul 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy42fw6l526https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mpvkhwagdd2uGreat reporting by FT's Tej Parikh on a great new report by McKinsey Global Institute. One of the reasons investment in the UK (and other countries) is so low is that it's just really expensive. #dataisbeautiful https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/9abd39e2-3bf1-47a2-85d3-7ee7bca5affe05 Jul 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvkhwagdd2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mpq44xnfxg2wThe AI adoption gap has its roots in capabilities built—or not built—well before the latest AI wave. Pre-existing management practices, organisational and human capital, and data and software assets, all help explain which businesses have adopted AI. https://substack.com/@teraallas/note/p-204592997 #dataisbeautiful https://substack.com/@teraallas/note/p-204592997?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2usfjg03 Jul 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpq44xnfxg2whttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mpnt4mmigv2wUK #AI adoption remains surprisingly low (see updated chart with June 2026 data). Read about the barriers, the productivity paradox, and the 'ladder of leakage', in our recent article: mck.co/4b8w4wh #dataisbeautiful02 Jul 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnt4mmigv2whttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mpnqoxwqnm24Interesting data on the UK's infrastructure investment and capital stocks. Higher than I had expected - but highly concentrated in electricity. #dataisbeautiful bit.ly/44FgHHH02 Jul 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnqoxwqnm24https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mpltbj24ks2dReally pleased to see this published. The UK’s underinvestment puzzle needs solving if we want to build a prosperous and resilient future. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpltbj24ks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mp6qvkwxjm23Why do Brits fail to invest for the future (incl. climate adaptation)? This international comparison is striking and, while descriptive rather than causal, suggests more short-termism than comparator countries. Full paper here: bit.ly/4atmsvu #dataisbeautiful26 Jun 2026 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6qvkwxjm23https://bsky.app/profile/teraallas.bsky.social/post/3mp44lva7bs25The increased frequency of hot weather events has been predictable for decades. Why do Brits find it so hard to invest for the future (in this case, climate adaptation)? #dataisbeautiful25 Jun 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:74vx2zbd4kvyvdstpes7lpct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp44lva7bs25