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AI is the ultimate friction eraser. And the ultimate excuse for irreversible decisions.
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The AI productivity promise is cutting your jobs. What can be done?
502,000 jobs. Not one company has published the productivity data that would justify them. Here is what you can do before your company is next.
Mar 30
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Andrei Savine
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The AI readiness cult
The harder enterprises work to prove they were AI-ready, the less capable they actually become.
Mar 23
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Andrei Savine
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The last mile is where enterprise AI actually dies
McKinsey’s 10,000‑leader survey and HBR’s ‘last mile’ diagnosis show that 30 years of consulting have built organizations that cannot turn AI into real…
Mar 16
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Andrei Savine
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Shadow AI is your second operating model. The one you didn't approve.
200 shadow AI tools per 1,000 employees. None of them approved. What you can actually do now.
Mar 9
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Andrei Savine
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Anthropic's Last Brake Disconnects
They dissolved their core safety commitment so less careful hands wouldn't win. 72 hours later, OpenAI took the Pentagon's contract.
Mar 2
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Andrei Savine
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The Vibe-to-Bankruptcy Pipeline
42% of enterprise AI projects were abandoned last year. The ones that survived cost more than human payroll.
Feb 23
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Andrei Savine
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