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43 essays published. Filter by pillar or industry. Newest first.

2026

14 essays
DECISION MAKERMay 31, 2026

The Gigawatt Era

AI's new unit of measurement: what one is, what 220 of them by 2030 actually means, and the gap between how often the word gets used and how rarely it gets explained

13 min read
LONG ARCMay 24, 2026

Announced Is Not Energized

AI's capex cycle is entering the part that gets judged on economics, not press releases

11 min read
SECOND ORDERMay 17, 2026

20,000 Chips

The Cerebras IPO, the architectural shift beneath it, and the milestones I will be watching

11 min read
DECISION MAKERMay 3, 2026

The Call That Already Happened

Adobe, Caremark, and the AI oversight gap that just became personal

6 min read
SECOND ORDERMay 1, 2026

The Bill You Didn't Authorize

Usage-based pricing, runaway spend, and the financial control gap nobody priced in

6 min read
DECISION MAKERApril 25, 2026

You Just Hired 50 Employees With No HR File

Digital workers, accountability vacuums, and the contract nobody read carefully

5 min read
SECOND ORDERApril 15, 2026

The Software Under Your iPhone Just Got Hacked by an AI

AI-discovered vulnerabilities, autonomous exploits, and the assumption nobody questioned until now

5 min read
DECISION MAKERApril 5, 2026

The Audit That Isn't Ready

Why your compliance function can't govern what it wasn't built to evaluate

6 min read
DECISION MAKERMarch 30, 2026

Ship Faster. Ship Safer.

Enterprise governance for AI coding assistants—from the person who's been warning you about the gap

3 min read
DECISION MAKERMarch 1, 2026

"Human in the Loop" Is Not a Control

Automation bias, rubber-stamping, and the most dangerous assumption in AI governance

7 min read
DECISION MAKERFebruary 11, 2026

The Code You Didn't Authorize

Shadow tools, agentic risk, and the governance gap in AI-assisted development

5 min read
DECISION MAKERFebruary 2, 2026

The Assistant That Can Act

When your AI agent holds the keys

6 min read
DECISION MAKERJanuary 25, 2026

The Kill Switch

Recovery, containment, authority

4 min read
DECISION MAKERJanuary 11, 2026

When AI Becomes a Board Issue

4 min read

2025

18 essays
DECISION MAKERDecember 17, 2025

The Question Nobody Wants to Ask in 2026

3 min read
DECISION MAKERNovember 10, 2025

Why Do 80% of AI Projects Fail?

And here's how to fix it in 90 days

4 min read
DECISION MAKERNovember 4, 2025

The Middle Manager Paradox

6 min read
CROSS DOMAINOctober 22, 2025

The Ancient Algorithm: When 5,000-Year-Old Wisdom Meets New Age AI

3 min read
LONG ARCOctober 13, 2025

Building Through the AI Bubble

19 min read
LONG ARCOctober 5, 2025

The Gen Z AI Trap

How the Most Connected Generation Became the Least Prepared

7 min read
DECISION MAKERSeptember 29, 2025

The Reskilling Myth: Why Top Firms Are Choosing AI Over Retraining

When Accenture spends $865M to replace workers, Salesforce cuts 4,000 jobs overnight, and IBM eliminates 8,000 HR positions, we are witnessing the end of the reskill everyone fantasy

9 min read
SECOND ORDERSeptember 21, 2025

The Switzerland Strategy: How to Profit from AI Without Building AI

8 min read
SECOND ORDERSeptember 14, 2025

The AI Gold Rush: Who's Actually Getting Rich

7 min read
LONG ARCAugust 31, 2025

The Coding Agent Revolution: Why History is Repeating Itself (And That's a Good Thing)

9 min read
SECOND ORDERJuly 14, 2025

We're Becoming Smarter and Dumber at the Same Time

My take on what's happening to our brains in the age of AI, and how we can navigate it wisely

7 min read
DECISION MAKERJune 26, 2025

The Five AI Limitations Every Business Leader Must Know

Why Understanding What AI Can't Do Is More Valuable Than Believing the Hype

5 min read
DECISION MAKERJune 16, 2025

The $2.3 Million AI Mistake (And How to Avoid It)

6 min read
DECISION MAKERMay 13, 2025

Beyond the Paycheck: How Agentic AI Is Transforming Total Rewards

8 min read
DECISION MAKERApril 1, 2025

Beyond Hybrid Work: The Era of Human-AI Teams

6 min read
DECISION MAKERFebruary 21, 2025

Rethinking Clinical Documentation with AI

2 min read
SECOND ORDERFebruary 10, 2025

The AI Revolution in HR: Transforming Talent Management and Employee Experience

The integration of artificial intelligence in human resources is reshaping how organizations attract, develop, and retain talent. From streamlined onboarding to personalized employee experiences, AI is revolutionizing the workplace of tomorrow.

4 min read
DECISION MAKERJanuary 12, 2025

AI Agents Come of Age: How Enterprises Are Driving Real Value in 2025

23 min read