Dear CEO – The end of the AI rental economy
Dear CEO: The end of the AI rental economy If you rely on third party models, you are leaving your most valuable IP in a black box. Renting intelligence is a race to the bottom for your margins and your data. Microsoft and Meta...
Dear CEO – Take Note of the Intelligence Exit Trap
You think you are building an enterprise asset. You might be building a high performance rental. The gap between data ownership and intelligence ownership is where most AI strategies fail. A recent report in Inc. highlighted how...
Dear CEO – Your Employee’s AI agents are building unauthorized dossiers on your clients
Your employees' AI agents (Meta Muse) are building unauthorized dossiers on your most important clients. The transition from chatbots to agents is quietly breaking the concept of individual consent. Reports from WIRED regarding...
Dear CEO – Canada is collecting names instead of building an implementation engine
We have an implementation gap in AI Governance and a missed opportunity for global responsible AI leadership.Prestige is not a strategy.A council of Canadian stars is useless if no one knows how to land the plane.Canada recently...
Dear CEO – Your upskilling program might actually be a slow motion severance plan
Most leaders view L&D as the primary lever for AI adoption. A recent PwC survey of 50,000 workers found a widening divide between the front runners who use AI daily and the engine room which makes up 56% of the workforce. While...
Dear CEO – The Silence of AI Shame
Your AI adoption metrics are a lie. You think your teams are transforming but they are actually just hiding. A recently highlighted phenomenon is one of AI shame. Employees often feel like they are cheating when using Generative...
Dear CEO – Your job isn’t to imagine the future – It is to force people to talk
The industry loves the word visionary. It sounds prestigious. It looks great on a board slide. But vision alone is a passive activity. In my two decades at the executive table and advising boards, I have seen countless...
Dear CEO – Your Risk Committee is not equipped to govern AI
Treating AI as just another line item on a risk register is a recipe for stagnation or catastrophe. In my time advising boards or sitting at the executive table, I have seen this play out repeatedly. When AI oversight is...
Dear CEO – The AI Scaling Paradox
AI is a luxury for the large, but a survival requirement for the small. The impact is not equal. In a 200 person company, AI experimentation is a ripple in a pond. In a 5 person company, it is a tidal wave. When your lead...