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Does AI in Software Engineering Really Live Up to the Hype?
Continue Reading: Does AI in Software Engineering Really Live Up to the Hype?Insights from the report: AI in Software Engineering – Making Sense of the Noise AI has quickly become a staple of modern software teams. From code completion tools to automated documentation, leaders overwhelmingly feel that AI is making a difference. But when we looked closely at how organisations are measuring impact, a more nuanced, and…
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AI, Talent, and the Changing Shape of Engineering Teams
Continue Reading: AI, Talent, and the Changing Shape of Engineering TeamsInsights from the report: AI in Software Engineering – Making Sense of the Noise, by HI Technology & Innovation. AI isn’t just changing how software is written, it’s reshaping how engineers are hired, developed, and led. As AI tools become embedded in day-to-day development, long-standing assumptions about technical ability, seniority, and engineering craft are being…
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The Three Emerging Archetypes of AI Adoption in Engineering Teams
Continue Reading: The Three Emerging Archetypes of AI Adoption in Engineering TeamsAs AI rapidly reshapes software engineering, leaders are under increasing pressure to decide how their teams should adopt new tools, and how fast. But beneath the noise and urgency, not every organisation is moving in the same direction, nor at the same pace. In our research for AI in Engineering: Insights from Today’s Tech Leaders,…
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Three Golden Rules and the Tech Debt Paradox: Early Insights from HI Innovation & Technology’s AI in Software Engineering Report
Continue Reading: Three Golden Rules and the Tech Debt Paradox: Early Insights from HI Innovation & Technology’s AI in Software Engineering ReportAfter a turbulent two years, European road transport is showing signs of recovery in 2025. But with sluggish economic growth, geopolitical instability, and mounting pressure to cut costs and emissions, the path forward remains far from smooth.
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AI, Coffee, and Conversation: Highlights from Our Breakfast Roundtable
Continue Reading: AI, Coffee, and Conversation: Highlights from Our Breakfast RoundtableAfter a turbulent two years, European road transport is showing signs of recovery in 2025. But with sluggish economic growth, geopolitical instability, and mounting pressure to cut costs and emissions, the path forward remains far from smooth.
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Turning the Corner in European Road Transport: Why Strategic Tech Partnerships Are More Crucial Than Ever
Continue Reading: Turning the Corner in European Road Transport: Why Strategic Tech Partnerships Are More Crucial Than EverAfter a turbulent two years, European road transport is showing signs of recovery in 2025. But with sluggish economic growth, geopolitical instability, and mounting pressure to cut costs and emissions, the path forward remains far from smooth.
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Why Tech Debt Quietly Slows Down Great Engineering Teams
Continue Reading: Why Tech Debt Quietly Slows Down Great Engineering TeamsIn the race to deliver new features, tech debt often becomes an afterthought. When deadlines loom and features take priority, clean-up work can feel like a luxury. If nothing’s actively broken, it’s easy to think: we’ll get to it later.
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The SaaS Mindset: What HR Teams Can Learn from Product-Led Innovation
Continue Reading: The SaaS Mindset: What HR Teams Can Learn from Product-Led InnovationIt happened at the worst time. During a crucial launch event, with the clock ticking and huge potential revenue on the line, our client’s systems failed. The reason? Technical debt. If you’ve read our blog ‘There’s no excuse for technical debt—here’s why’, then you’ll know that any level of tech debt poses a risk to…
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Turning a fleet company into a SaaS leader
Read Case Study: Turning a fleet company into a SaaS leaderA strategic technology partnership that helped Lightfoot, a fleet management company, redefine its business model, scale operations, and establish a foundation for long-term success. By launching a scalable SaaS platform, Lightfoot expanded into new industries, modernised operations, and transformed into a dynamic, innovative enterprise driving growth and value across multiple sectors.
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Driving employee engagement and productivity at a leading UK grocery retailer
Read Case Study: Driving employee engagement and productivity at a leading UK grocery retailerWe developed a cutting-edge gamification and rewards software for one of the UK’s largest grocery retailers, enhancing employee engagement, productivity, and performance—delivering £15 million in cost savings and a 10x ROI.
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Transforming an existing app into an award winning product
Read Case Study: Transforming an existing app into an award winning productFor this award-winning product we built fully native, bespoke applications with custom animations and effects. The driver app gamifies and incentivises the driving performance of both commercial and private drivers.
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The team at HI enabled Lightfoot to rapidly scale development with minimal support from internal dev resources. They led well-controlled stakeholder engagement to capture product requirements, applying extensive technical experience to shape the solutions, whilst maintaining consideration of other business criteria such as budget. Agile projects were then run by the HI project and development teams, with stakeholder reviews along the way. A secondary benefit was working with them to improve internal development and DevOps workflows.
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I can safely say it’s been the best working environment I’ve ever experienced! Everyone is really friendly and supportive, there really is a great team spirit.
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HI’s engagement model is tangibly different. We were impressed by how proactive their team was at all levels with high velocity, easy reviews and an ability to avoid issues before they happened. The ethos, expertise and commitment of the HI team meant this really felt like a relationship, not just a supplier arrangement.
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The team at HI enabled Lightfoot to rapidly scale development with minimal support from internal dev resources.
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You get access to some interesting projects.
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I’ve been given great freedom to explore new technologies and learn new skills.
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We were impressed by how proactive their team was at all levels with high velocity, easy reviews and an ability to avoid issues before they happened.
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HI led well-controlled stakeholder engagement to capture product requirements, applying extensive technical experience to shape the solutions, whilst maintaining consideration of other business criteria.
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