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The $100 bills hiding in your business
Your AI problem isn’t the technology
Aug 26
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Brennan McDonald
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The six types of AI washing
When companies credit AI for job cuts and cost savings, the truth under the hood is often much more complicated.
Aug 20
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Brennan McDonald
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Should you worry about AI costs? - Live with Brennan McDonald
A recording from Brennan McDonald's live video
Aug 12
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Brennan McDonald
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AI is moving faster than your operating model
May 25
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Anthropic gets slapped with export controls
Jun 15
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The AI rollout playbook is broken
Jun 9
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Brennan McDonald
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AI change is a people problem (and we know it)
Jun 29
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Brennan McDonald
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I tested AI for 18 months. Here is what actually works.
Jun 24
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Your AI rollout is already political
Jun 1
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The most expensive AI cost control mistake
The cheap model can sometimes be the more expensive option.
Aug 10
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Brennan McDonald
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AI can do the work. Your operating model can’t.
The real constraint is no longer the models, it is how your company learns and operates.
Aug 6
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Brennan McDonald
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You can’t empower your way to AI transformation
Giving teams AI tools and asking them to find use cases feels progressive. It doesn’t redesign how the organisation works.
Aug 3
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Brennan McDonald
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Better AI models are just the start
How AI-era operating model redesign needs to evolve
Jul 31
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Brennan McDonald
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Stop wasting your best AI models
Match each task to the right model, then use agents for the complex work that changes the business.
Jul 27
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Brennan McDonald
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Humans In The Loop - Substack Live with Brennan McDonald & Cory Blumenfeld
A recording from Brennan McDonald's live video
Jul 23
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Cory Blumenfeld
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The three lanes of AI decision-making
A practical decision map, so leaders, specialists and teams know what they own.
Jul 23
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Brennan McDonald
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The five-question AI ownership test
Test decision authority now, before delivery starts to stall.
Jul 20
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Brennan McDonald
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Five questions to unblock a stalled AI project
Expose the decision holding your AI project back.
Jul 17
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Brennan McDonald
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Stop cutting AI spend
You could be preventing the benefits from realisation
Jul 13
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Brennan McDonald
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How to cut enterprise AI spend levels
Match each task to the right AI model
Jul 10
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Brennan McDonald
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AI change is a people problem (and we know it)
Buying licenses is easy, psychological safety and buy-in is harder
Jun 29
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Brennan McDonald
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