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Patrick Thompson’s Biography

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Writer and Copywriter based in London, working in education and writing about British politics, current affairs and culture. Also sometimes the Middle-East.

Published work for New Internationalist, Experimentation Online and Huffington Post UK.

Write at thinkingaloud.

Soon-to-be Editor at Fuelled by Tea (Spring/Summer 2015)

Patrick Thompson’s Journalist Portfolio

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The loneliness of a late night departure lounge

The loneliness of a late night departure lounge

There is something very strange about an airport departure lounge. Sitting on a Tuesday night, surrounded by …

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Night Buses - Old Street on a Sunday Morning.

Night Buses - Old Street on a Sunday Morning.

It's just before three am on a Sunday morning and I'm waiting for a bus. The roads are busy, mostly with taxi…

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One hundred days of misery: a guide to the General Election

One hundred days of misery: a guide to the General Election

There are exactly one hundred days until the general election and they're not going to be pretty. A lot can h…

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A History of Violence: Why investigating historic torture matters

A History of Violence: Why investigating historic torture matters

Today, in a development that should have surprised exactly no one, we all found out that the CIA tortured peo…

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Is #CameronMustGo news?

Is #CameronMustGo news?

There is, in the strange, blue tinted world of Twitter, a furious political campaign being carried out as I t…

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Ed Miliband, a man alone?

Ed Miliband, a man alone?

In politics, the old saying goes; a week can be a very long time. It follows then that the thirty weeks or so…

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What companies are getting right about AI in 2026 but why there is still some way to go

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By Patrick Thompson
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AI is at the top of every CIO's agenda, yet most organisations still struggle to turn pilots into profit. According to Deloitte's 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report, just 25 per cent of companies have moved more than 40 per cent of their AI experiments into production. Bain and Company adds a second, complementary angle: as organisations push beyond pilots, executives say roughly 80 per cent of gen AI use cases met or exceeded expectations.
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What companies are getting right about AI in 2026 but why there is still some way to go

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By Patrick Thompson
| IT Brief Canada Verified
AI is at the top of every CIO's agenda, yet most organisations still struggle to turn pilots into profit. According to Deloitte's 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report, just 25 per cent of companies have moved more than 40 per cent of their AI experiments into production. Bain and Company adds a second, complementary angle: as organisations push beyond pilots, executives say roughly 80 per cent of gen AI use cases met or exceeded expectations.
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What companies are getting right about AI in 2026 but why there is still some way to go

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By Patrick Thompson
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Patrick Thompson, SVP of Customer Transformation at Celonis | Published 29 June 2026 GUEST OPINION: AI is at the top of every CIO's agenda, yet most organisations still struggle to turn pilots into profit. According to Deloitte’s 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report, just 25 per cent of companies have moved more than 40 per cent of their AI experiments into production.
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