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Why AI Strategy Is Overkill for Most Small Businesses

AIJan 21, 2026

AI for small business doesn't require a strategy doc. It requires a little help automating the grunt work that makes everyone more efficient.

AIAI Adoption

Get Insights with Claude Cowork

AIJan 19, 2026

Most executives hear about Claude and think \"cooler search engine.\" Ask it questions. Get answers. Maybe it writes emails faster. That's like buying a Tesla and only using it to charge your phone. Last week I pointed Claude Cowork at a folder with 400+ executive motivation reports. I asked it to do something no search...

AIAI Adoption

Make Context Loss Impossible

AIJan 17, 2026

Every time Claude Code compacts, you feel it. That sinking moment when you realize half your project context just evaporated. The agent that was making brilliant connections five minutes ago now needs everything re-explained. Here's the thing: the good news is that Claude Code now clears context at the end of planning mode to give...

AIAgentsAgentic Software

Competitive Intelligence - The Claude Way

AIJan 15, 2026

The exact steps to produce a Skill with Claude - to do competitive intelligence.

AIClaude Skills

You Never Controlled Your Code. AI Just Made That Obvious.

AIJan 13, 2026

A little more than twenty years ago, I was giving a talk in Orlando. We had built a code generation platform, and I was showing it off at an industry event. Someone in the audience raised their hand. \"Are you worried about giving up control? You're letting the computer generate code for you.\" I told...

AI

Why Ant Colonies Might Be Key for AI Adoption

AIJan 11, 2026

No ant has a blueprint of the colony. No ant knows the master plan. Yet somehow, every ant colony in the world solves the same spatial optimization problem: food storage, waste disposal, and cemetery, all positioned as far apart as physically possible within the colony's architecture. Nobody taught them this. Nobody designed it. It emerged....

AIAI Adoption

Most Multi-Agent AI Collaboration is Faking It.

AIJan 9, 2026

I remember the first time I did a job interview with a panel. It was intense. Each person was reacting from their own perspective, looking from their own background, either nodding in agreement or tilting their head with a pending question. No one was waiting their turn. No one asked permission to observe. They were...

AIAgents

When Coding Takes No Time, Who Loses Power?

AIJan 7, 2026

I sat with a Fortune 100 architect in 2003 who told me idea-to-prototype took 24 months. Today it takes an hour. But the real disruption isn't speed. It's what happens to the people whose power depends on timelines being long.

AIAI Adoption

Your AI Knows the Rules. It Doesn't Know Why They Exist.

AIJan 5, 2026

Rule engines capture what you decided. AI agents need to know why. A story about how perfect rule execution cost one company millions in lost revenue.

AIEncoding Expertise

How to Use AI as Your Editor Without Losing Your Voice

AIJan 3, 2026

Use AI as your Editor without the stress of losing your voice.

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