A small change in direction

A little over three months ago, I sent the first issue of The Gaziza Lens.

I had a broad thesis. AI is reshaping careers and professional identity.

How can I help all professionals going through this change? The keyword there: “all.”

In the first three months, I’ve grown the newsletter to around 50 readers. Mostly from my existing network, early supporters, and a few people who found it organically.

Not a big number, but enough signal to start learning.

But three months in, it felt like I hit the wall.

I spent the last two weeks sitting with a few questions.

Who exactly is this for?

Is this too broad to cover?

And with the amount of information already out there, do professionals really need another voice telling them AI is moving fast or that they can’t keep up?

So I went back to first principles.

I looked at where my experience actually connects with something real.

I also spoke to a few of you (thank you, you know who you are) and people in my network.

What That Helped Me Clarify Was a Simple Question

Where does my experience meet a specific reader’s reality?

PwC in Kazakhstan, the UK, and Nigeria

Cresta AI

EBRD

Lloyds Banking Group

Roles across marketing, operations, business development, transformation, and programme delivery inside large, complex institutions, as well as early-stage startups.

And one pattern I have seen repeatedly, from the inside:

What actually happens when a major technology shift reaches a financial institution, compared to how it unfolds in a small, nimble startup.

Not how it is described in strategy decks or press releases.

But how it moves through risk committees, compliance layers, competing priorities, and organisational politics before anything real changes.

So here is what is changing.

The Gaziza Lens will now focus on AI in financial services, written for senior professionals inside banks and the firms advising them.

Not the technology itself.

But what AI adoption actually looks like inside regulated organisations, where it succeeds, where it stalls, and what it means for the people navigating it.

This is not a rebrand or a hard pivot.

More of a correction based on the signal.

I’ll see how this evolves from here.

If this is relevant to you, I’m glad you’re here.

And if there’s something specific you’d like me to explore from this lens, feel free to reply.

Until then,

Gaziza