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People & Leadership

Training Needs a Place to Land

A useful training program should change something after people return to work. That means designing for the week after the workshop, as carefully as the workshop itself.

September 2026
Entrepreneurship

The Customer Interview Is Not a Pitch

A founder can leave a conversation feeling encouraged without having learned enough to make a better decision. The questions asked often explain the difference.

September 2026
Corporate Innovation

Give Every Pilot a Decision Date

A pilot can keep a team busy long after it has stopped helping the organization learn. Agreeing how it will end is part of designing it well.

September 2026
People & Leadership

Leadership in the Age of AI

Part 4 · Leading When Everyone Can Build

For most of the history of enterprise technology, having an idea and being able to build it were two very different things.

September 2026
People & Leadership

Leadership in the Age of AI

Part 3 · Start With the Problem, Not the Technology

There is a strange pattern in many conversations about AI.

September 2026
Entrepreneurship

The Point Is Not the $8.7 Million

It is hard not to be impressed by Exploding Kittens.

September 2026
People & Leadership

Leadership in the Age of AI

Part 2 · The Cognitive Cost of Convenience

AI is making it remarkably easy to avoid thinking.

September 2026
People & Leadership

Leadership in the Age of AI

Part 1 · Managing Output Expectations

AI has changed expectations about how quickly work should happen.

September 2026
People & Leadership

AI Ethics Is an Organizational Development Question

AI ethics is often treated as a policy problem.

September 2026
Corporate Innovation

AI Is Democratizing Who Gets to Build

For most of the history of software, having an idea and being able to build it were two very different things.

September 2026
AI Enablement

Why We Teach AI Differently

Most AI training falls into one of two camps.

September 2026
AI Enablement

Our Approach to AI for Executives

Most executive AI training starts with the technology. We start with the decision.

September 2026