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Leading AI

Leading AI

For founders, CEOs, and senior operators who don't code but still have to make AI decisions with real money and real stakes. This is where I write about strategy, governance, org design, and the practical questions leaders bring to me: where to start, what to buy, what to build, and what to ignore.

Leading AI

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Leading AI

Leading AI

For founders, CEOs, and senior operators who don't code but still have to make AI decisions with real money and real stakes. This is where I write about strategy, governance, org design, and the practical questions leaders bring to me: where to start, what to buy, what to build, and what to ignore.

Leading AI

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Leading AI

Leading AI

For founders, CEOs, and senior operators who don't code but still have to make AI decisions with real money and real stakes. This is where I write about strategy, governance, org design, and the practical questions leaders bring to me: where to start, what to buy, what to build, and what to ignore.

Leading AI

Most leaders describe their AI adoption as 'experimenting.' It's the safe answer, but it's rarely the honest one. Here's a practical three-level check for where your business actually is.

Most leaders describe their AI adoption as 'experimenting.' It's the safe answer, but it's rarely the honest one. Here's a practical three-level check for where your business actually is.

Microsoft 365 E7 is the biggest licensing change since E5 launched in 2015. Most coverage focuses on whether it's worth $39 more than E5. The more important question, for any business running on Microsoft, even the ones that never upgrade, is what this announcement signals about agent governance becoming table-stakes infrastructure.

Microsoft 365 E7 is the biggest licensing change since E5 launched in 2015. Most coverage focuses on whether it's worth $39 more than E5. The more important question, for any business running on Microsoft, even the ones that never upgrade, is what this announcement signals about agent governance becoming table-stakes infrastructure.

Founders ask me every week which AI tools they should adopt. The vendor list is overwhelming and the temptation is to pilot everything, which reliably produces a dozen half-adopted tools and no wins. You probably need two tools. Not twenty.

Founders ask me every week which AI tools they should adopt. The vendor list is overwhelming and the temptation is to pilot everything, which reliably produces a dozen half-adopted tools and no wins. You probably need two tools. Not twenty.

Figma's stock dropped 7% the day Claude Design launched. The coverage called it a Figma killer, which is the laziest possible read. Figma isn't dying, and that was never the market Anthropic was aiming at. The real story is about leaders who don't design, don't hire designers, and never will.

Figma's stock dropped 7% the day Claude Design launched. The coverage called it a Figma killer, which is the laziest possible read. Figma isn't dying, and that was never the market Anthropic was aiming at. The real story is about leaders who don't design, don't hire designers, and never will.

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