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The Monday Morning AI Test
Tomorrow morning, ask 5 employees what wastes their time. That's where your AI should start. Not another pilot. A real solution.
Sep 25
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Why Your Smartest People Are Your Biggest Problem
Smart people need smart change strategies. Let's design yours.
Sep 18
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Brennan McDonald
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When AI Does Your Job Faster
49% of employees secretly use AI at work. The other half are in denial. Both responses are destroying your transformation efforts.
Sep 11
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August 2025
The Human Side of AI
Why Bringing Your Team Along Isn't Optional
Aug 29
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The Adaptive Operating System
A Practical Path to Operating Model Compression
Aug 22
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Brennan McDonald
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Why AI Winners Do More, Not Less
Focus wins. Except it doesn't anymore. Here's what Anthropic figured out that changes everything.
Aug 20
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Brennan McDonald
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The Netflix Playbook for When Your AI Provider Becomes Your Competitor
Windsurf lost Claude access with 5 days' notice. Your AI tool could vanish tomorrow. Here's the Netflix playbook that works: multiple providers…
Aug 15
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Your Data Is Ready for AI
How Clean Data Drives Business Transformation
Aug 13
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Brennan McDonald
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What GPT-5 Really Means For AI Transformation
Most AI analysts are missing the point - this all about non-expert perceptions
Aug 8
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The Great API Bait-and-Switch
As AI agents reshape commerce, API dominance becomes the new path to monopoly.
Aug 6
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July 2025
The Algorithmic War
AI systems compete in microseconds. Your business decisions take days. See the problem?
Jul 30
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From Denial to Acceptance: Mapping the AI Adoption Journey
The grief cycle of AI adoption is real. Discover the three orders of consequences reshaping our world
Jul 23
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Brennan McDonald
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