Ideas on AI adoption
Notes and essays on how teams turn AI usage into real adoption.
- July 29, 2026 · 2 min read
The talent debt automation doesn't show
Automating operational work looks like pure savings. The cost arrives slowly and invisibly: the path your people used to become experts.
- July 29, 2026 · 3 min read
Desirable difficulty: the hidden cost of delegating to AI
Recent research on AI and cognition points to a cost that never sounds an alarm: the effort the tool removes was often exactly where the learning lived.
- July 8, 2026 · 2 min read
Why AI speeds up the work but doesn't move the outcome
The difference between work time and total time explains why so many AI projects never reach the business.
- July 1, 2026 · 3 min read
AI value already exists. The question is whether organizations are ready to capture it.
AI already creates individual value in almost every organization. But few capture it collectively. Five patterns that explain why, and what it takes to make the leap from individual productivity to organizational impact.
- June 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Displaced responsibility: when AI moves the problem instead of solving it
At the G7 in Évian, AI's own developers asked for rules to govern it. But alignment doesn't emerge on its own: without shared spaces, responsibility shifts, and in healthcare the one who loses most is the patient.
- June 11, 2026 · 3 min read
The role of middle leadership in AI adoption
Scaling AI adoption means moving from individual to collective use. Middle leadership is the key piece, and there are four conditions they must create before expecting results.
- December 3, 2025 · 1 min read
How to choose an AI adoption consultancy (without getting sold hype)
An honest guide: the 6 signals that matter when choosing an AI consultancy, the 3 red flags, and why implementation beats algorithms.
- November 5, 2025 · 1 min read
87% of AI projects fail at implementation
Most AI projects fail because of adoption, not technology. The 4 real causes and how to avoid them.
- October 8, 2025 · 1 min read
Using AI is not the same as adopting AI
Having AI isn't adopting it. The gap between using the tool and changing how your team works is what decides the outcome.
- September 11, 2025 · 1 min read
Diagnosis: adoption signals that matter.
Most AI pilots stall for lack of metrics. How to measure adoption from day one so your pilot doesn't become an endless experiment.
- September 4, 2025 · 1 min read
Why only a few organizations thrive with AI?
Same resources, opposite results. Why the difference between adopting and abandoning AI is cultural — and the two forces that sustain it.
- July 16, 2025 · 1 min read
Everyone talks about AI, but what does it actually do?
A hands-on example —a CRM with a custom GPT— showing that AI's value isn't the tool, but how it changes the way you work.
- July 10, 2025 · 1 min read
The AI Manifesto. A living document for leadership.
Stop asking what AI can do and start asking why. The AI Manifesto as a cultural guide to align leadership with intent.