Faisal Mahmood

Faisal Mahmood Helping entrepreneurs and IT professionals build businesses that scale without burning out. Host of Progressive Business Network, Peterborough.

Award-winning mentor, founder of Medialogix, AI and systems expert.
23 years in tech.

A stranger may already have read a ChatGPT conversation you thought was private.Not OpenAI staff in a glass office. Hund...
18/09/2026

A stranger may already have read a ChatGPT conversation you thought was private.

Not OpenAI staff in a glass office. Hundreds of outside contractors, paid to open real conversations, summarise what was asked, and grade the replies. 404 Media reported it this week under an internal programme called Project Lily.

Usernames are stripped and a privacy filter runs first. OpenAI says that filter can miss things.

Now look at the screenshot. That's my ChatGPT. I can't switch that setting on even if I wanted to, because our workspace at Medialogix has made the decision so nobody on the team has to remember to.

On a personal account, Free, Plus or Pro, it's on by default. You turn it off yourself.

Same logo on the screen. Completely different deal on your data.

So we don't ask people to be careful. Being careful is a hope, not a system.

Twenty seconds on your phone: Settings, then Data controls, then Improve model for everyone. Switch it off. It only stops new chats, not the ones already in there.

Banning AI isn't the answer. I want my team using more of it, not less. Safely.

Has your business actually got an AI policy? Or is everyone making up their own rules?

We wrote one for our team at Medialogix. It's yours if you want it.

Comment POLICY and I'll send it over.

14/09/2026

Failure isn’t the mother of Success

Faith in yourself is the father of Success

I know a bloke turning over £40m a year who cannot take a fortnight off without the business wobbling.He is not unusual....
14/09/2026

I know a bloke turning over £40m a year who cannot take a fortnight off without the business wobbling.

He is not unusual. He is the norm.

Most business owners top out at a decent living. Not a bad one. Enough to pay the mortgage, book a holiday, keep the show on the road. And then it sits there for fifteen years while everyone tells you how well you are doing.

Dr Mike Greene puts that at 97 percent of us.

He has spent years on the other 3 percent. Not the luck. The systems they build and the way they think.

That is what he is coming to Peterborough to unpack on Tuesday 13th October.

I have sat with Mike a few times. He does not do the stage smile and the seven habits. He tells you the uncomfortable thing first, then shows you what to do about it.

So here is my question for you.

What is the one thing in your business that would fall over tomorrow if you stopped touching it?

Tell me below. I read every one.

PLEASE READ, TWO THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

TUESDAY 13th October, not our usual Monday.
ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY, Bishop's Road, Peterborough. Not the Marriott.

Free parking at Bishops Road Car Park.
Networking from 5.30pm. Mike starts at 6.15pm.

Tickets in the first comment.

Never been to PBN? Comment SEAT and I will look after you.

And if someone came to mind while you were reading this, tag them. They probably need to hear it more than you do.

Here I am at Mike's house.Along with 15 or so other driven business owners and their families.Some of them run businesse...
10/09/2026

Here I am at Mike's house.

Along with 15 or so other driven business owners and their families.

Some of them run businesses turning over £60m, £700m and beyond.

I was very clearly not the biggest number in the room.

That's deliberate.

I make a point of spending time with people who are way ahead of me. Not to feel small. Because it quietly resets what you think is normal.

You hear how they make decisions. How fast they move. What they simply refuse to waste time on.

Then you drive home and your own problems look a lot more solvable.

This time I also took my wife, and she absolutely loved it.

We were made to feel so welcome. And Mike told us it's because we make everyone else feel so welcome.

Honestly, that one stayed with me.

Most business owners never get invited into a room like that. A room where you're welcomed in, not sized up.

That's exactly what I want PBN to be for Peterborough.

So I've asked Mike to come and speak.

Dr Mike Greene is joining us at our next event, and his session is on why 97% of entrepreneurs and SMEs never make more than a decent living.

More importantly, he'll share the psychology and the systems the other 3% use.

If you've built something that pays the bills but hasn't really grown in a while, this one is for you.

Tuesday 13th October, 6pm.

Please note, this one is NOT at the Marriott. We're at Anglia Ruskin University in Peterborough.

Real business owners from round here. No scripted 60 second pitches. Nobody selling at you.

Comment 97 and I'll send you the details.

And if you know someone making a decent living and quietly wondering why it isn't more, tag them.

Netflix just put my price up by 10.5%! 😳£18.99 → £20.99.Interestingly, they haven’t blamed inflation or rising costs.The...
09/09/2026

Netflix just put my price up by 10.5%! 😳

£18.99 → £20.99.

Interestingly, they haven’t blamed inflation or rising costs.

They’ve positioned it around “delivering even more value”.

It got me thinking because we’re currently reviewing pricing in my own business and looking at an increase of around 5–7%.

But are we being too conservative?

Obviously Netflix and my business are very different, and I’m not suggesting we put prices up 10% just because Netflix has 😂

But as business owners, perhaps we’re asking the wrong question.

Instead of “How much can we increase our prices without upsetting customers?”

Should we be asking:

“What is the value we actually provide worth?”

Business owners.... I’m curious…

Are you putting your prices up this year? And if so, by how much?

09/09/2026

Most people are still using AI to ask questions.

I think that’s only Level 1.

The real opportunity is getting AI to actually do the work.

I’ve been using ChatGPT for around 4 years and Claude heavily over the last year, particularly Cowork.

But the biggest shift for me hasn’t been learning better prompts.

It’s been automation.

I’m now using AI to carry out real tasks across Medialogix, my mentoring programmes and the events I run.

And now I’m starting to explore Grok Bot too.

So I’ve decided to start sharing some of the actual ways I’m using AI in my businesses and personal life.

Not theory or another list of “10 ChatGPT prompts”.

Real workflows. Real automations. Real examples.

What’s one task you’d love AI to take off your plate?

Tell me below 👇

Sharon Griffiths - what do you think now ?😂
08/09/2026

Sharon Griffiths - what do you think now ?
😂

Join us for our monthly Business Networking event tonight at 6pm at the Marriott Hotel.If it’s your first time attending...
07/09/2026

Join us for our monthly Business Networking event tonight at 6pm at the Marriott Hotel.

If it’s your first time attending, you can come for free. Registration link and coupon code is in the comments!

Whether you’re already a business owner or thinking of starting something of your own, everyone is welcome!

Enjoying the summer but who’s got the better shirt ?😀
06/09/2026

Enjoying the summer but who’s got the better shirt ?😀

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