• 15 September 2026
    September 15, 2026
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The Enterprise Capital Gate (Part 2)

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Part 1 argued that enterprise AI projects share the characteristics of venture investments but are funded like plant expansions. This mismatch creates the Pilot Purgatory condition and frequently leads to the elimination or underfunding of the wrong projects, while others continue indefinitely. In this article, we describe the Enterprise Capital […]
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The Enterprise Capital Gate: Bringing venture discipline to the enterprise AI portfolio (Part 1)

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In this two-part series, I introduce the Enterprise Capital Gate, the companion instrument to the AI GPS. The AI GPS provides the executive team with a dashboard that uses project telemetry to track the progress of the enterprise’s AI strategy. The Enterprise Capital Gate converts what the dashboard reports into […]
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The Inadequacy of Enterprise AI Committees and Centers of Excellence

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General-Purpose Technologies, such as AI, must cause the enterprise to rethink and redesign its workflows, organizational structures, and business models. Most information technologies targeting the enterprise, e.g., business intelligence, refine and optimize existing processes rather than forcing their complete redesign. Failing to distinguish between a true General-Purpose Technology and a […]
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  • 10 February 2026
    February 10, 2026
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The Auto Industry Employment In An AI World

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As embodied AI becomes the next AI frontier, it forces a sobering reality check for employment in the American automotive industry. Reviving the auto industry and bringing back two million manufacturing jobs collide with the reality of stagnant demand for new vehicles, software-defined vehicles that are easier to manufacture, and […]
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  • 28 October 2025
    October 28, 2025
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From Conversation-Centric to Agent-Centric AI Models

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Enterprises have accelerated their efforts to integrate AI into operations. More recently, many have launched pilot projects to develop agent-based systems across various domains. Most of these agents rely heavily on the capabilities of conversation-centric foundation models such as GPT or Gemini. But as we deploy more capable agent-based intelligent […]
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  • 25 September 2025
    September 25, 2025
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Preparing the AI-First Enterprise Workforce for the Age of Agents

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As AI agents become more capable, how should the roles and responsibilities of the AI-first enterprise employees evolve? Which skills will matter at each level? How will technical and business teams collaborate to effectively leverage agents and agent-based systems? As the capabilities of agents advance, employees will move from executing […]
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Deciding Between AI-Enhanced and AI-First Business Processes

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The business world is buzzing with AI experimentation. However, a structured approach for moving from experimentation to production, although necessary, is often lacking, which hinders AI’s transformative potential. This article introduces a decision-support framework, implemented as a decision tree, to help executives mitigate the risks associated with decisions relating to […]
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