Business Management

Start Leading with AI: A Week-Long Experiment for Busy CEOs

AI is reshaping how leaders operate, but seeing its potential and understanding how it could meaningfully fit into your day-to-day leadership are two different things. The leaders who adapt fastest won’t be the ones who know the most about AI; they’ll be the ones who experiment earliest. Competitive advantage is shifting toward executives who can use AI to widen their field of view, challenge their assumptions, and accelerate their clarity. To broaden your perspective on the

5 days ago3 min read

When AI Flattens Strategy, How Will You Compete?

A staggering 78% of organizations now report using AI in at least one business function, propelled by the conviction that it will deliver a decisive competitive edge (McKinsey & Company, 2025; Ransbotham et al, 2020). Yet, this is where the new competitive paradox of the AI era emerges. As AI becomes a ubiquitous, commoditized utility, its power to confer a unique advantage diminishes. When every competitor leverages the same powerful, off-the-shelf models, the inevitable ou

Oct 15 min read

Curiosity as Strategy: What Business Leaders Can Learn from Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas

At HubSpot’s recent conference, Aravind Srinivas, Co-Founder of Perplexity, delivered a talk that was equal parts provocative and...

Sep 113 min read

From Task-Runner to Thinking Partner: How AI Built a McKinsey-Grade Model in 105 Minutes

On July 31, 2025, I read a Wall Street Journal article titled “The AI Company Capitalizing on Our Obsession With Excel.” I searched for...

Aug 146 min read

AI Implementation Is Failing—But Not for the Reasons You Think

AI adoption across the enterprise landscape has accelerated dramatically. Today, 78% of organizations report using AI in at least one...

Aug 13 min read

Voice-First Productivity: The 3x Advantage for Executives

With a single behavioral shift—speaking instead of typing—knowledge workers can unlock 3x productivity gains and fundamentally reshape...

Jul 153 min read

The New Operating Model: Why CEOs Must Adopt Algorithmic Thinking

For decades, businesses were modeled like machines: linear, process-driven, and built to run with mechanical precision. But in today’s...

Jun 124 min read

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