The Sunday Signal

The Sunday Signal: Never Give Away the Keys

Issue #41 · Sunday, 15 February 2026 On founders, boards, and the seven hundred billion dollar bet on who builds what comes next

Feb 15 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: When Tools Become Workers

A 2019 warning in The Times, a 2,400-year-old mistake by Socrates, and an $830 billion market reckoning all point to the same conclusion: AI is no…

Feb 8 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: When to Kill Your Heroes (And When Not To)

Issue #39 | Sunday, 1 February 2026 This week: Tesla’s honourable discharge, why being there still matters, and the real innovator’s dilemma

Feb 1 • David Richards MBE

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January 2026

When Heritage Meets Billions: The Week Football, Robots and Davos Reminded Us What Actually Matters

My bid for the world's oldest football club, why humanoid robots will be in our kitchens within the decade, and why Davos remains the world's most…

Jan 25 • David Richards MBE

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Britain Is Moving Too Slowly for the Age of AI

Britain Is Regulating at Human Speed While AI Operates at Machine Speed - Issue #37 – Sunday 18 January 2026

Jan 17 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: The Year Intelligence Arrives

What to expect in 2026, why AGI is closer than you think, and the invisible technology that quietly makes life bearable. Issue #36 – Sunday 11 January…

Jan 11 • David Richards MBE

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December 2025

The Sunday Signal: Who Really Owns the Future

Issue #35 Tuesday 23 December 2025 This week: the year AI became real, the productivity cost we tolerated, and why football ownership is no longer…

Dec 23, 2025 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: Silence, Bullying and the Cost of Speaking Up

Issue #33 Sunday 14 December 2025. This week: a play about a town bully, the real cost of online silence, and building communities that refuse to look…

Dec 12, 2025 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: Clearing The Record

Issue #32 Friday 5 December 2025. This week: drawing a line under WANdisco, the opportunity Bruce Katz sees for South Yorkshire and what Football…

Dec 5, 2025 • David Richards MBE

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November 2025

The Sunday Signal: Mass AI Layoffs Are Here

Issue #31 - Friday 28 November 2025 - This week: The AI jobs reckoning arrives, Britain’s power problem, and why Paul Gascoigne just exposed a deeper…

Nov 28, 2025 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: Is Google Running Scared?

This week: Sundar Pichai’s AI “bubble” warning, Anthropic’s prediction of mass white-collar job losses, the rise of Málaga’s tech scene, and the Babel…

Nov 21, 2025 • David Richards MBE

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The Sunday Signal: When the North Walked Into the City

South Yorkshire takes centre stage at the London Stock Exchange, Britain faces its capital crisis, and AI enters its agentic era. The Sunday Signal…

Nov 14, 2025 • David Richards MBE

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