• 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 AI Delegation Trap and the Productivity J-Curve

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The Productivity J-Curve best explains AI’s productivity paradox. The investments across different categories beyond technology initially depress measurable output. Rather than making the necessary investments across these categories, CEOs of legacy corporations often fall into the Delegation Trap, treating AI as a tactical IT upgrade. This misallocation triggers the AI […]
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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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