What was said
What this says
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Check-in on 25 Jun 2026 with Siobhán Dunne. Usage is up slightly but concentrated in her team. She cannot commit budget and agreed to build a value note ahead of the 1 Nov 2026 renewal.
What happened: Amara Obi reviewed usage, one high-priority ticket and the renewal. Siobhán said the ticket was handled and she had no complaint about the response.
Customer view: Siobhán wants more people asking the brain first. She called the user growth modest and said underwriting is slow to change habit.
Commercial: Growth at £47k a year, invoicing clean, renewal on 1 Nov 2026. Siobhán cannot commit budget, which sits with people above her.
Watch: question volume still leans on her team and her data engineer, a key-person risk before renewal. Forty licences against about eleven active users is headroom if claims and broker services adopt.
Themes
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Who was there
BG-Demo
Them
Follow-up
Next steps
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Amara pulls the usage data and Siobhán supplies the stories for a short value note.
- Amara sends the usage chart with its definition in one email and options for the next QBR.
Risks
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Questions asked are concentrated in Siobhán's team and her data engineer, a key-person risk before the 1 Nov 2026 renewal.
- Siobhán cannot commit budget, so the buying decision sits with people above her who were not on the call.
Opportunities
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Forty Growth licences against about eleven active users leaves headroom if claims and broker services adopt.
- A value note built on claims ticket trends and broker use gives Siobhán the case to take upstairs.
Transcript
- Amara ObiMorning Siobhán. Can you hear me okay?
- Siobhán DunneMorning, Amara. Yes, loud and clear. Sorry for the early slot, I'm in before the phones start.
- Amara ObiNot at all, I'm a morning person to a fault. Is the weather as grim over there as it is here?
- Siobhán DunneSoft rain and a grey sky, so yes, a perfectly normal day in Dublin.
- Amara ObiRight. Thanks for doing this. Quick agenda from me: usage, the one ticket we had, and what the next quarter looks like for you. What would good look like by the end of the summer?
- Siobhán DunneGrand, so for me it's more people asking the brain first and the data team second. Right now I'm still the human search engine for half the building.
- Amara ObiThat's useful, and it ties to what I'm seeing. Here's what the numbers say: active users are up a little on last quarter, eleven or so on average. Modest, but moving the right way.
- Siobhán DunneModest is fair. I'd hoped for more after underwriting came on, but they're slow to change a habit.
- Amara ObiIt's common. Habit change shows up in the numbers a quarter late. You've got forty licences and you're using a quarter of them, so there's headroom if the people are there.
- Siobhán DunneMm. And who's asking the most questions? Is it me and my data engineer, or has it spread?
- Amara ObiHonest answer, it's still weighted towards your team. I wouldn't call it a risk yet, but I'd want it spread wider before the renewal. If it all hangs on two people, that's fragile.
- Siobhán DunneNo, that's a fair point and I'd rather hear it from you than discover it. I'll think about who in claims and broker services could be champions.
- Amara ObiLovely. Now the ticket. There was one in the last month and it was marked high priority, so I wanted to check you were happy with how it was handled.
- Siobhán DunneI was, yes. It was something that mattered to the brokers, so I flagged it hard, and it was dealt with. I won't say it was painless, but nobody dropped it.
- Amara ObiGood. If anything about the response felt slow to you, tell me now and I'll take it back to the support team, it's no trouble.
- Siobhán DunneNo, I'd say it was fine. Let's keep it in the same file as the good days.
- Amara ObiNoted. On the commercial side, nothing's changed: you're on Growth at £46,800 a year, invoicing is clean, nothing overdue. The renewal is 1 Nov 2026, so I'll come back to you in the summer with a proper conversation, and the notice will go out well ahead.
- Siobhán DunneRight. And again, I can't commit budget, that's with the people above me. What I can do is give you what I need to make the case internally. What would help?
- Amara ObiA short value note. A few questions the brain answered that would have taken someone half a day, and who asked them. I can pull the usage, you bring the stories.
- Siobhán DunneI can do that. Claims ticket trends are my best example, let's keep the brokers front and centre in it.
- Amara ObiPerfect. Anything else on your list before we wrap?
- Siobhán DunneOnly a version question: when I show the usage chart upstairs, is it the same definition as the last one you sent? I don't want two numbers for one thing.
- Amara ObiSame definition, active means did something in the brain. I'll put the chart and the definition in one email so they travel together.
- Siobhán DunneGrand, so that's me happy. Thanks a million, Amara.
- Amara ObiBrilliant. Let's get the next QBR in the diary, I'll send options. Best, Amara. Speak soon.