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Plain essays for owners and leaders of midsize companies, about 50 to 500 people, on putting AI into how the company already runs.
If you own or lead a company this size, you are hearing about AI from every direction. Vendors want a meeting. Your board, your peers, and your own people want to know what the plan is. Most of what you read is hype or warning, and very little of it is about a company like yours.
These essays take one real issue at a time, in plain language, with something you can do on Monday. They are free.
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- Start with a bottleneck that already has an ownerPick one weekly process that already has an owner.
- Balancing efficiency and loyalty to your peopleDecide what AI takes, what people keep, and where the savings go.
- When your people are afraid AI will take their jobsTalk to your team before anything changes, and only promise what you can keep.
- What your people should be doing nowGive your people a real answer about what to do next.
- Who should own the first AI processPut the person who already answers for the work in charge.
All essays
- 01 Start with a bottleneck that already has an owner You are told to do something with AI. Start with one weekly process, one owner, one measure.
- 02 Balancing efficiency and loyalty to your people What AI takes, what people keep, and where the savings go before anyone talks about cuts.
- 03 When your people are afraid AI will take their jobs It is a trust problem. What to say, what not to promise, and what to do so it holds.
- 04 What your people should be doing now Learn the tools on real tasks, own the AI step, and lean into judgment, customers, and quality.
- 05 Who should own the first AI process Not IT and not a committee. The person who already answers for the work.
- 06 How to tell in 30 days whether it worked One measure, a real baseline, and a decision date set before anyone has a stake.
- 07 What to buy and what to skip in year one Buried in AI pitches? What tends to earn its place, what can wait, and what to ask first.
- 08 Having the tool is not the project You bought the seats and nothing changed. Why it stalls, and what to do next.