Insights

Insights

Articles, guides and conversations on the people side of AI transformation.

The cornerstones

The questions I get asked most, answered at length. Each one started in a real conversation with someone doing this inside an organization.

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The free tier shows you how I read the terrain. The paid tiers give you the patterns and resources from real conversations. The founding tier hands you the working tools.

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Conversations and talks

Humanity and Innovation: Navigating Life in the Age of AI

CU Boulder Conference on World Affairs · Livestream, 1 hr 10 min

GAEA TALKS: Rewiring The Enterprise To Become AI-Native With Melissa Reeve

GAEA Talks · Conversation

Five Levels of Becoming AI Native: Melissa Reeve

RedThread Research · Conversation

Evaluating your readiness for agentic AI

Lucid Software · Conversation

Why 80% of AI Projects Fail (It's Not the Tech) | The AI+HI Project

SHRM · Podcast

How to Build an AI-Native Organization | The Leadership Growth Podcast

Stewart Leadership · Podcast

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Guides

Cover of the AI Learning Flywheel guide, showing the flywheel diagram on a Gentian panel.

Guide

The AI Learning Flywheel

How AI learning gets captured, shaped and put to work, so one team's win reaches the next team.

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Cover of the Enterprise AI Integration guide.

Guide

Enterprise AI Integration

What has to be in place before AI work spreads past a pilot.

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