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Essays on the middle of the work: what has to be true for an AI pilot to become an operation, and who owns making it so. Longer treatments live in the Field Guide.

Article · October 23, 2026JEV Is Exciting. It Isn't Magic. And That's Why I'm Paying Attention.A new category of AI, the decision model, went from one product to a crowded field in five weeks. Here is what is genuinely new, and what is not.
Article · October 16, 2026AI Is About to Leave the Screen. Government Isn't Ready.Physical AI is moving from software into vehicles, equipment, and public space, and the institutions that will have to govern it are not preparing.
Article · October 11, 2026You Can't Delegate Accountability Without Delegating AuthorityWhy organizations that want to move faster, innovate, and successfully adopt AI need to rethink who has the authority to make decisions.
Article · October 3, 2026Shadow AI Is Not Innovation. It Is Risk Without Governance.Employees using personal AI accounts for company work create risk without governance. The answer is better approved tools, clear rules, and real accountability.
Article · September 27, 2026Stop Blaming the AI When It Breaks OutHeadlines say frontier models are escaping. The better question is how a model in testing could reach an unauthorized system. That is a containment problem.
Note · September 19, 2026Enterprises Need Their Own AI Kill SwitchThe kill switch debate focuses on governments and frontier labs. If your organization lets AI act on its systems, you need a reliable way to stop it.
Article · September 14, 2026To Innovate, the Leader You Think You Want Is Probably Not the Leader You NeedExperience creates value when leaders keep learning from it, and risk when they confuse it with certainty. In fast-changing environments, learning wins.
Article · September 12, 2026Why I Created The AI Transformation Field GuideIt started as my own notes for staying current. It became a living document for the people who run institutions and the AI systems working alongside them.
Article · August 28, 2026Who Owns the 25%?AI creates productivity. Realization is what management does with it, and most organizations never assign an owner.
Article · August 22, 2026The AI Pilot Era Has a Date On ItThe pilot era is not ending because leaders lost interest. It is ending because the funding mechanism expires on December 31, 2026.