Leadership

15 Lessons from a Transformative Year

In 2025, artificial intelligence evolved from a promising experiment into the backbone of modern infrastructure. As execution gained incredible momentum and information became more accessible than ever, traditional leadership roles underwent a powerful transformation. Rather than sticking to old scripts, leaders embraced a new era of agility and insight, discovering fresh patterns through real-world experience. Here are 15 lessons from this year that empower leaders to thrive

6 days ago4 min read

15 Lessons from a Transformative Year

In 2025, artificial intelligence evolved from a promising experiment into the backbone of modern infrastructure. As execution gained incredible momentum and information became more accessible than ever, traditional leadership roles underwent a powerful transformation. Rather than sticking to old scripts, leaders embraced a new era of agility and insight, discovering fresh patterns through real-world experience. Here are 15 lessons from this year that empower leaders to thrive

6 days ago4 min read

Why Leaders Who Act on Fleeting Opportunities Win

I’ve learned that some opportunities don’t wait for ideal conditions; they test your readiness. Leadership advantage increasingly belongs to those who can recognize and act on fleeting opportunity signals. These moments rarely arrive with perfect timing or full clarity, yet they often shape the trajectory of our work, our companies, and sometimes our industry. Last Friday, one of those moments appeared for me. I was sitting in a dentist’s office in St. George, Utah, catching

Dec 10, 20255 min read

Your Crawl, Walk, Run Roadmap to Algorithmic Advantage

The broad, foundational understanding that AI exists is now a universal truth of modern enterprise. The question now becomes: "How, specifically, do we harness it to create immediate value and secure our long-term competitive edge?" The gap between awareness and execution is where market leadership is won or lost. To navigate this new terrain, we recommend a Crawl, Walk, Run approach. Stage 1: Crawl - Mastering the Browser-Based Prompt The "Crawl" stage is about democratizing

Dec 1, 20255 min read

How AI Changes Your Job as CEO

Last Tuesday, your CFO presented three acquisition targets. Each came with the usual arsenal: 50-page decks, financial models, market analyses. You had four hours to decide before the board meeting. You did what you've always done: relied on your gut, cross-referenced with two trusted advisors, and made the call. It worked. It always has. But here's what you didn't know: while you were triangulating opinions, your competitor's CEO fed the same data into Claude, ran sensitivit

Nov 19, 20255 min read

The Innovator's AI Dilemma

For decades, executives have wrestled with Christensen's theory of Disruptive Innovation: the idea that successful companies often fail to adapt to new technologies because they are too good at what they do. Now, a disruption of speed and scale we haven't seen since the internet's debut is here, and the stakes have never been higher. The choice before every business leader now is: Will you be the disruptor, or will you be the disrupted? AI is Following the Disruptive Playboo

Oct 30, 20254 min read