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Publishing weekly 39   articles in the archive Updated 28 Apr 2026 Reading time 4–14 min
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Strategy
Strategy 30 Sep 2025 4 min read

Lessons Veterinary Practices Can Learn from Other Industries

Airlines manage queues. Hotels manage anxiety. Retail manages loyalty. Here's what veterinary practices can borrow, without losing what makes them different.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 23 Sep 2025 3 min read

From Information Overload to Intelligent Workflows: The Next Challenge for Veterinary Practices

Practices aren't short of data, they're short of structure. The next leap forward is turning information chaos into workflows the team can trust.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 16 Sep 2025 3 min read

Practical Fixes for Hidden Time Wasters in Veterinary Practices

Follow-up to last week's diagnosis, concrete fixes for the duplicated entry, sluggish workstations, and unclear ownership that drain a practice each day.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 9 Sep 2025 4 min read

Hidden Time Wasters in Veterinary Practices and How to Spot Them

The minutes you're losing each day to double entry, workarounds and slow tech add up to hours per week, here's how to recognise them in your own practice.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 2 Sep 2025 2 min read

Client Communication in a Digital Age: Balancing Speed with Empathy

When clients expect WhatsApp speed and same-day call-backs, practices need systems that protect both response time and the team's attention.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 26 Aug 2025 3 min read

Transforming Your Veterinary Waiting Room: From Dead Time to Client Engagement

The waiting room is the first and last impression of your practice, turn the wait into useful, calming time with a few practical changes.

JACK PEPLOE
Cyber security
Cyber security 19 Aug 2025 3 min read

Cybersecurity Hygiene: Everyday Habits Every Vet Team Should Adopt

The strongest defence in a veterinary practice isn't a firewall, it's the small, consistent habits your team builds into every shift.

JACK PEPLOE
People
People 12 Aug 2025 5 min read

Empowering Your Veterinary Practice Team to Embrace Technology

Buying the software is the easy bit, getting your team to actually use it well is where most veterinary practices stall.

JACK PEPLOE
People
People 5 Aug 2025 4 min read

From Front Desk to First Responder

The receptionist is the busiest user of your practice's technology stack, yet they're almost never in the room when it's chosen.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 29 Jul 2025 4 min read

The True Cost of DIY IT in Veterinary Practices

The partner who's "good with computers" is the most expensive IT resource your practice will ever hire, you just won't see the bill until something breaks.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 22 Jul 2025 4 min read

Tech Triage: How to Spot Urgent vs. Important IT Issues in Your Practice

Treating every IT hiccup like an emergency burns out your team and your budget, clinical triage thinking works just as well on technology.

JACK PEPLOE
Strategy
Strategy 15 Jul 2025 3 min read

Why Do We Keep Having the Same Tech Problems?

If the same five complaints come up at every team meeting, the problem isn't the tech, it's the absence of someone diagnosing the pattern.

JACK PEPLOE

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