Richard Brooks

Writing on business, value, and value AI actually delivers.

Most of what I know, I learned before I wrote it down. Thirty years running companies: a family firm, manufacturing, technology and an international agency. CEO, CFO, CRO and CMO. A Cranfield MBA. A buyout of my own, and several others on both sides. Advisor. Turnarounds with my own money in them. Ex-treasurer of ELIA and of ALC.

I teach key account management at Cranfield. I run BRXconsults, and one half of Value Matters. I write books on the work, and the essays live here: business, language, and the practical uses of AI in B2B.

I write from experience, not the handbook.

Books

AI Strategy for Sales Teams

with Andrew Hough and Richard Vincent · 2026

Creating Customer Value Propositions with AI

with Mark Davies and Dr Sue Holt · Kogan Page, May 2027

Writing

YouTube is about to dub live streams. Who eats the error?

October 2026

Nobody asked the language industry

September 2026

The best way to learn AI is to play

September 2026

Your AI needs a lingua franca

September 2026

The Universal Speed Limit of Human Language and What it Means for AI

October 2024

The Ultra-Fast Reading Machine Inside Your Head

October 2024

AI-Powered Sales Strategies: Comparing LLMs for Language Service Providers

September 2024

Beyond Bottlenecks: How "The Goal" Can Transform Your Business

July 2024

A Study into Collaborative AI Agents and Their Impact on the Translation Process

May 2024

GPT-4 Passed the Turing Test and What It Means for the Future of AI

May 2024

Tips to Give a Great Presentation

January 2024

Insights from the Key Account Management Forum Conference

December 2023

Sharpening your Business Skills

November 2023

Mastering Value-Based Selling in B2B Markets: Insights and Strategies from a Groundbreaking Study

November 2023

Reading List for B2B Sales Superstars

March 2023

The 3-12-6 planning framework

February 2023

AI news

What changed today, and why it matters

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