Artificial Intelligence (AI) 6/21

Using AI Wisely: What to Share and What to Protect

In the spring of 2023, engineers at Samsung's semiconductor business pasted confidential source code into ChatGPT while looking for help with routine tasks. Within weeks, Samsung barred staff in one of its largest divisions from using generative AI tools on company devices and networks (Gurman, 2023). The episode became a cautionary tale, yet the behavior behind it has only spread. In Microsoft and LinkedIn's 2024 Work Trend Index, 78% of people who use AI at work said they b

Oct 95 min read

When AI Outpaces Governance, Leadership Becomes the Risk

Enterprise AI has reached an inflection point. Organizations are deploying increasingly capable systems—autonomous agents that execute multi-step tasks, make decisions, and interact across enterprise systems—without a comparable investment in governance infrastructure. The dynamic resembles what one executive once described as “a Ferrari engine with Tweety Bird brakes”—extraordinary acceleration paired with insufficient control. A widening asymmetry has emerged: capability is

Mar 234 min read

The MacGyver Principle: How AI Can Turn Every Leader into a Builder

Earlier this month, I sat down with Claude (Opus 4.6), Anthropic's AI, and described a tool I needed. Two hours and twenty-six minutes later, I had a working macOS application, a GitHub repository with 15 commits, a one-command installer, a 16-chapter user manual, a security audit, and an MIT-licensed open-source project ready for public distribution. I personally wrote zero lines of code. Not one. The application is called Claudia Chatterley (voice-to-text). It's a voice-to-

Mar 127 min read

Are You Operating in the Wrong Era of AI?

January 2026 marked another structural inflection point in the AI revolution: the emergence of autonomous agentic AI, now rapidly reconfiguring how solopreneurs and enterprises adopt and deploy AI systems. Like a lobster molting its shell, the technology has undergone another fundamental transformation. And looking back through this lens, three distinct, evidence-supported eras come into focus, each with its own defining vibe, its own core capabilities, and its own strategic

Mar 106 min read

Your 6-Week Workout Plan for Claude

One of the most frequent requests I get from executives and business owners sounds like this: "Severin, just give me an exercise plan. A workout plan. Something I can follow day by day to actually get good at this AI thing." I love that framing. Because most people miss this: getting value from AI isn't about one magical prompt. It's about building a practice in the same way you'd build physical fitness. Nobody walks into a gym on Day 1 and deadlifts 400 pounds. You follow a

Mar 14 min read

How to Remain Irreplaceable in the Age of AI

AI is turning coaching from a novelty into a utility. For Chairs and executive coaches, the market is bifurcating: the commodity vs. the craft. To stay relevant, we must hand over the routine tasks to the algorithms and double down on the distinctly human "craft" that no machine can replicate. What AI is Absorbing AI has already reached a level of competency that threatens the traditional "junior coach" or the facilitator who relies solely on structured processes. These eleme

Feb 235 min read

SaaSpocalypse: The 48 Hours That Repriced Work Forever

For decades, the blueprint for growth has been linear: If you wanted more output, you added more "inputs”: You bought Software Seats (Salesforce, Microsoft) to equip your people; You paid Hourly Rates to consultants to solve your problems; and, You Hired More Heads to scale your revenue. It was considered a "Tool & Talent" economy. Success was measured by how many people you had and how well they used their tools.The logic of the last few decades hit a wall between February 3

Feb 135 min read

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