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Episode notes Despite suffering through yet another London heatwave Allan forces himself to his desk to share with you the things he's found that interested him this week. Allan's update Allan considers his recent supermarket shopping experiences and what they tell him about the practicalities behind brand loyalty and economic motes. Resource of the week To be a good investor, you have to know how to make good decisions, even if the decision is to do nothing. This week's resource is a book that aims to help develop your decision making process by explaining and exploring the algorithms and strategies that, mathematically speaking, produce optimal outcomes. Algorithms to Live By, by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths Article of the week For this week's article, Allan shares his take on a piece from CityAM that discusses the importance of DEI within companies. I'm the only disabled director in the FTSE 100 -- these are three questions every CEO must ask Podcast of the week Following in the footsteps of most of its forebears, the UK Government just released a new industrial strategy. It has been covered widely in the press, but this week's podcast looks at it from the perspective of the professional services sector (included for the first time), and raises the prospect that the document might turn out to be much more effective than most of its predecessors. It's from the Accountancy Insights podcast and the episode is called "Inside the Industrial Strategy and navigating VAT reform" You can listen to it here on Apple Podcasts or search for it in your podcast player of choice. Support the show If you want to support the podcast you can: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your platform of choice Buy me a coffee Help us both by trying out one of my discount codes: Host your podcast with PineCast using my referral code r-b2ac67 Keep in touch Email the show Visit the website over at smallinvestortoolbox.com Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky Music and sound effects Bossa Antigua Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sound effects from https://quicksounds.com This podcast is powered by Pinecast.