Major consulting firms increasingly seem to think so. The pendulum has clearly shifted from “Every company needs a CAIO” to “The CEO must lead AI.” As someone who has long…
Many of the conditions that make empowerment and agility possible have been cast as organizational villains. Structure is treated as bureaucracy.Hierarchy as silos.Clear roles as constraints.Standardization as rigidity.Stability as stagnation.…
I was pleased to contribute my perspective alongside CEOs from companies including SEPHORA, American Express, Rocket, Anduril Industries, and many others in Fast Company‘s latest look at what excites and…
Jack Dorsey (yes, from Block and Twitter fame) and Roelof Botha‘s article, “From Hierarchy to Intelligence” (link in comments below), is one of the most thoughtful perspectives on hierarchy and…
𝗟𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀. Too many organizations are trying to build AI capabilities through point solutions and one-off agents. It looks like progress—but it’s creating fragmentation, duplication,…
AI is generating no shortage of ideas about how organizations should evolve. But most of it doesn’t hold up. Many are making their way into conference rooms, white papers, and…
Meta is reportedly weighing a reduction in force that could eliminate up to 20% of its nearly 79,000-person workforce — potentially the largest single restructuring in the company’s history. The stated rationale is two-pronged: fund…
📉March 2026 brought a 25% increase in job reductions, including Meta‘s. Many CEOs are asking “Should we do this too?” The right question is “Why is Meta doing this —…
Read the full article published in the September 2024 Financier Worldwide Magazine https://www.financierworldwide.com/mastering-ai-governance-a-strategic-approach-for-corporate-leaders Corporations are increasingly leveraging AI to boost efficiency, insights, and innovation. With generative AI (GenAI) now capable…
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