What was said
What this says
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Clashmore's recruitment connector loaded and refreshed before 07:00. Deirdre and Aisling verified a client lookup against their system. Accounting access and food science duplicates are still open before consultants are trained.
What happened: Hamza Akhtar ran the 28 Oct 2025 onboarding. The recruitment connector had its first load and the last refresh finished before seven that morning. Aisling Kiely checked a chat answer against the recruitment system and it matched.
Customer view: Deirdre Barry saw immediate value in time saved, since consultants spend half their Monday pulling this together. Only the two of them are using the brain so far.
Commercial: Early adoption looks sound. Three consultants have been picked for a half-hour training session, which would widen usage once prerequisites are done.
Watch: Accounting connector access sits with a finance team that has not replied. Food science duplicate records are still untidied, and the mailbox permissions list is still to be sent.
Themes
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Who was there
BG-Demo
Them
Follow-up
Next steps
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Hamza Akhtar to send Aisling Kiely a short note on what the accounting connector reads.
- Deirdre Barry to chase the finance team for accounting access.
- Aisling Kiely to tidy food science clients and send the client coverage list.
Risks
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- The accounting connector is blocked because the finance team has not granted admin access.
- Food science duplicate records may confuse the first consultants and slow adoption.
- Only two people are using the brain so far, so value depends on the consultant rollout.
Opportunities
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Training three keen consultants could widen usage once the accounting connector is in.
- Invoices alongside roles would deepen the brain's value for the operations team.
Transcript
- Hamza AkhtarMorning, Aisling. Morning, Deirdre. Early start, sorry about that.
- Deirdre BarryMorning, Hamza. No bother at all, I'm in anyway. The kettle's still on.
- Aisling KielyMorning. Is the audio alright? I'm on a different laptop today.
- Hamza AkhtarSounds fine to me. A bit of an echo, but I can hear you.
- Deirdre BarryQuick one first. One of the consultants asked me last night whether the brain knows about placements made this month, or only the old ones.
- Hamza AkhtarGood one to start on, because it's what I wanted to check with you. The recruitment connector has done its first load and it's been refreshing overnight. Aisling, did you look at the status page yesterday?
- Aisling KielyI did. It was green. IT approved the permission last week, so that was the hold up, and it went in on the Thursday.
- Hamza AkhtarBrilliant. Let me share my screen so we're looking at the same thing.
- Hamza AkhtarSo here's the recruitment system connector. Records are coming through, and the last refresh finished before seven this morning. That's the target, and it's hit it.
- Deirdre BarryGrand. So the consultants can search a client and see this month's placements?
- Hamza AkhtarThey should. Let's try it. Aisling, pick a client you know well.
- Aisling KielyUm. Let me think. One of the medical devices ones, they're active at the moment.
- Hamza AkhtarGo for it. Type the name into the search or just ask in the chat, whichever feels more natural.
- Aisling KielyRight, I'll ask in the chat. Which roles are open for them, and who have we placed recently.
- Aisling KielyOh. That's actually right. That's the two roles, and the placement from the start of the month.
- Deirdre BarryIs it? Go on, check it against the system. I don't trust it until you do.
- Aisling KielyChecking. Yes. Matches. The start date's the same and the consultant's name is right.
- Deirdre BarryWell, that's grand. That'd save us hours. They spend half their Monday pulling this together.
- Hamza AkhtarThat's what it's for. Now, the thing I want to flag is what you said last time about duplicates. Aisling, how far did you get?
- Aisling KielyNot as far as I'd like. I did the pharma clients. The food science ones are still a mess, there's a couple of firms entered under a trading name and a legal name.
- Hamza AkhtarThat's fine, it's better to do it properly than quickly. The brain will show both versions side by side, so if a consultant is confused, tell them it's a records issue and not a connector issue.
- Deirdre BarryI'll tell them. Aisling, can you do the food ones before we bring the consultants on?
- Aisling KielyI can. Give me the rest of the week and a bit.
- Deirdre BarryGrand. No rush on the weekend part.
- Hamza AkhtarNext, the accounting connector. This is the one that gets invoices onto the same page as the roles. Aisling, do you have the access?
- Aisling KielyI don't, not yet. It's our finance team who hold the admin side of that. I've asked, but I haven't heard back.
- Deirdre BarryI'll chase them today. Quick word on the stairs and it'll be done. They're lovely, they just don't read email.
- Hamza AkhtarPerfect. If it helps, I can send a short note that explains exactly what the connector reads. Finance people tend to relax once they see it only reads invoices and payment status.
- Deirdre BarryYes please. That'd help. Send it to Aisling and I'll forward it on.
- Hamza AkhtarWill do. So the mailboxes. We spoke about permissions last time, who sees whose. Did you get anywhere?
- Deirdre BarryWe did. I spoke to the directors. The consultants will see the client threads for their own clients, and not the whole company. Is that doable?
- Hamza AkhtarIt's doable. I'd want to write it down exactly, so there's no argument later. Aisling, can you send me a list of who covers which clients?
- Aisling KielyI can pull that from the recruitment system. Probably by the end of the week as well.
- Hamza AkhtarThat's all I need. Now, the usage side. At the minute it's really only the two of you looking at it, so a tiny number of people. That's expected at this point. The first group of consultants is what changes it.
- Deirdre BarryI've picked three. They're keen, and one of them will tell everyone anyway, she can't help herself.
- Aisling KielyThat'll be Orla, I'd say.
- Deirdre BarryDon't be saying names on a recorded call, Aisling.
- Aisling KielySorry. Sorry. Forget I said that.
- Hamza AkhtarHa, nothing to forget, I didn't catch it. So I'd suggest a short training session for the three of them, once the accounting connector is in and the food science records are tidy. Half an hour is enough.
- Deirdre BarryHalf an hour, grand. I'd sit in myself. I never let a consultant struggle on their own.
- Hamza AkhtarOf course. So to recap. Aisling tidies the food science clients and sends me the client coverage list. Deirdre chases finance for the accounting access. I send the short note on what the connector reads, and then we book the training.
- Aisling KielyThat's everything I've got written down.
- Deirdre BarrySame here. Thanks a million, Hamza. We'll talk next week.
- Hamza AkhtarSpeak soon. Have a good day, both.
- Aisling KielyBye now.