A Close Scrape

I get about one email a day like the one below: Hi Andrew, There’s a version of this pitch that leads with buzzwords and broad claims. This isn’t that. Man’s Name redacted, founder of Company Name redacted™, is an MBA, former CPA, and ex-PwC IT auditor who now helps organizations stop losing money through underperforming… Read More A Close Scrape

Your competition

The competition for learning was never that tough. In the past, organisational knowledge was retained and held within the organisation, and the role of the training function (as was) was to translate that into workable practice. Your competition now is YouTube, Wikipedia, and every new AI tool outside the workplace. You can’t outthink this competition,… Read More Your competition

Ending enablement

I’m seeing lots of people selling AI enablement, but fewer defining what it is supposed to produce. ‘Adoption’ means people use the tools, and ‘enablement’ means something changes in how work gets done. But neither tells you whether performance improved. Before you commission an AI enablement programme, answer this question: how will you know it… Read More Ending enablement

I didn’t use AI

It’s in your search engine. Your word processor. Your browser. Your grammar checker. Your research platform. You didn’t choose to work in an AI-enabled environment – opening your laptop put you in it. So when a contract, partner, client, or associate says, “no AI,” what does that mean? It’s not about workflow – you might… Read More I didn’t use AI