Perspectives Reflections

Jodrell Bank's value is not only in the science it produces. It is also in the questions it creates, and the lives those questions may quietly shape.

A weekend in Düsseldorf, a handful of group chats that would not stay aligned, and the problem every integration eventually runs into. Moving data between systems is the easy part. Keeping both sides in agreement is the hard bit.

Every few weeks someone declares the CTO role is finished. Ten years in, I think the opposite is true. AI is quietly exposing why the good ones always mattered.

The difference between a business you designed and one you simply ended up with. Why new software rarely closes the gap, and a low-tech way to see where the friction actually lives before you go looking for a platform to fix it.

AI and automation are helping businesses move faster, while quietly recreating the ownership and understanding problems we spent years learning how to solve. A look at operational debt, why it forms wherever nobody owns the whole, and what it actually takes to put right.

Ahead of FESPA Global Print Expo 2026 in Barcelona, we’re watching how print, data, automation, AI and physical-to-digital engagement are coming together.

Sometimes a product fails not because it was wrong, but because it arrived before the market was ready to understand it. That can still teach you a lot.

Jawwws was not built to be another generic consultancy. It exists to help ambitious businesses make complex technology, workflow, and product decisions more commercially useful.

AI is moving from theory to workflow in print. Here is where it genuinely helps, where it risks adding noise, and what commercially minded print businesses should focus on now.

AI-assisted development is turning implementation into a commodity. The real scarcity is shifting toward systems thinking, governance, and accountability. Most organisations aren’t ready.

Discover why manual testing remains crucial in modern software delivery despite the rise of automation and AI tools.

Explore how to align business models for successful integrations across finance, gaming, manufacturing, and ecommerce.

Explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionising the way we build bespoke software solutions, from intelligent code generation to predictive analytics.

A comprehensive guide to leveraging technology for competitive advantage and sustainable business growth in an increasingly digital marketplace.

Discover how The Printed Group engineered a print ecommerce and production platform to automate operations, unlock complex product offerings, and ultimately launch PrintedDirect as a SaaS solution for the wider print industry.

Understanding different project management methodologies and how to select the best fit for your software development needs based on team size, project complexity, and business goals.

Most Web-to-Print and order-routing systems optimise the front door. Atomyx rethinks the entire operation - treating orders, artwork, and decisions as living systems that adapt in real time.