Claire reports from Dumfries, Scotland, where she is taking time out until November to recuperate, gently and screen-free, in the company of her mother; with help from gardening, music and ancient landscapes.
With thanks to the IR Society for commissioning a version of this blog for the Summer edition of their magazine, Informed.
Awash with reporting consultations and discussions, and with AI marching swiftly on, Claire believes the time is right to rethink reporting from first principles – to ensure that it achieves its purpose for investors and other stakeholders, while making it much simpler and easier to produce. Claire’s gathering support for her proposal, so if you’re interested in supporting or hearing more, please contact her – claire@falconwindsor.com.
Claire reports live from the UK Chartered Governance Institute’s Annual Conference, where she was, unsurprisingly, talking about AI and reporting. She did not expect to be announcing this particular news, however!
Following the publication of Your Precocious Intern in May, Claire Bodanis was joined by Diana Rose, Head of ESG Solutions at our research partner Insig AI; John Elkington, Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans, who wrote the report’s foreword; and Sam Mudd, Chief Executive Officer of Bytes Technology Group. They discussed the research findings and recommendations, and the debate ranged far and wide, prompted by many questions from the audience.
The Falcon Windsor/Insig AI team are very grateful to London Standard columnist, Chris Blackhurst, who interviewed Claire and wrote the following piece on Your Precocious Intern. For print geeks, it was particularly exciting since it was a double-page spread in the 29 May edition! The online version is available here, but you can read the full text below. The issues Chris raises will certainly be on the agenda at our webinar on 12 June, with sustainability guru John Elkington, and Sam Mudd, CEO of FTSE 250 company, Bytes Technology Group. Please sign up for that here. We do hope you will join us!
Yesterday, the Falcon Windsor/Insig AI team published ‘Your Precocious Intern’, our research and practical recommendations for how to use generative AI responsibly in corporate reporting, based on our project with FTSE companies and investors. In today’s blog, prompted by the unexpected appearance of generative AI in her personal life, Claire cross-examines her own motives, and invites you to share your thoughts too.
The FW blog doesn’t usually share its own news, but Claire felt that this one passed the ‘readership interest’ test – as well as, perhaps, being a useful case study for anyone trying to recruit the right person for their team!
On the day when Christians the world over start their Lenten fast, Claire wonders what the EU may be giving up this Lent, through the first of its promised ‘Omnibus packages of simplification measures’, which set out how it aims to ‘cut red tape and simplify the business environment’.
In a dark month for truth, Claire finds inspiration for FW’s reporting work from an unlikely pair: a Victorian hymnwriter and a modern day CEO.
Claire shares her ‘super insightful’ pointers for dealing with ESRS and IFRS S1 and S2, in a special bumper Christmas blog.
From the depths of her duvet, Claire issues this communiqué on the power of the written word to comfort and restore. In view of the quantity of Strepsils being consumed by Claire at the moment, there will be no audio version of this month’s blog.
Claire reports from Dumfries, Scotland, where she is taking time out until November to recuperate, gently and screen-free, in the company of her mother; with help from gardening, music and ancient landscapes.