Dear CEO – The most expensive way to deploy AI is by firing your staff
Right now, the word automation is doing an enormous amount of heavy lifting in boardroom presentations. It is being used as a shorthand for efficiency while the actual ROI quietly fails to materialize. In my two decades advising...
Dear CEO – Executives Must Become AI Orchestrators – Not Just AI Consumers
The true competitive edge lies in mastering the orchestra, not just playing a single instrument. Senior leaders must shift from siloed AI projects to a unified AI ecosystem that aligns data, talent, and technology across the...
Dear CEO – Growing Around Innovation – Why Adjacent Innovation Teams Unlock Sustainable Transformation
We've talked about what Adjacent Innovation Teams "are", but let’s dive into "why" they're so critical. One of the biggest advantages? They allow your organization to organically grow into and around a groundbreaking innovation....
Dear CEO – Your strategic partnership is actually a digital handcuffs agreement
The allure of "turnkey" AI solutions is strong. It is faster to deploy, easier to manage, and looks great in a quarterly update. But speed today often creates paralysis tomorrow. In my time advising boards on digital...
Dear CEO – Is Your Leadership Style a Decade Behind
4 Urgent Shifts for Today's Workforce The pace of change isn't slowing. It's accelerating, and many leadership styles are rapidly becoming obsolete. The approaches that worked routine check-ins a decade ago simply won't cut it...
Dear CEO – AI is inheriting your company’s worst biases
A recent social experiment reveals that women on LinkedIn are pretending to be men just to get their content seen. By simply changing a gender marker, some saw impressions jump by 1000%. Whether LinkedIn admits it or not, the...
Dear CEO – The cheapest consulting model is actually the most expensive
The cheapest consulting model is actually the most expensive. For decades, the industry standard has been a handful of seniors overseeing an army of offshored juniors to keep margins high and costs low. It is a legacy volume...
Dear CEO – The End of the Expert
How AI is Shattering the Foundations of Organizational Knowledge – And What You Can Do About It. Let's be brutally honest: the era of the "expert". You know the individual revered for years of specialized training and...
Dear CEO – If you are a CEO staring at a dashboard of endless metrics, read this first
Dear CEO - If you are a CEO staring at a dashboard of endless metrics, read this first Most leaders believe more data leads to better clarity. The reality is often the exact opposite. In my twenty years across the energy and...