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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.
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AI, APIs, and the End of the Firm as We Know It
May 30 • Brennan McDonald
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The Whiteboard Test: Is Your Business Ready for the AI Revolution?
May 16 • Brennan McDonald
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The Triple Boundary Framework
Jun 20 • Brennan McDonald
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The Human Side of AI
Aug 29 • Brennan McDonald
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The Human Side of AI
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The Netflix Playbook for When Your AI Provider Becomes Your Competitor
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Your Data Is Ready for AI
How Clean Data Drives Business Transformation
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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
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The Great API Bait-and-Switch
As AI agents reshape commerce, API dominance becomes the new path to monopoly.
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The Algorithmic War
AI systems compete in microseconds. Your business decisions take days. See the problem?
Jul 30 • 
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