I Called the Police and a Bot Answered

Two experiences with AI that taught me the same lesson from opposite directions. How AI is deployed matters more than whether it is deployed.

4 min · Mar 2026

The Best AI Is the Kind Nobody Notices

The most effective AI deployments are the ones your team never thinks about. Two real examples of invisible automation that replaced hours of work without a single training session.

3 min · Mar 2026

You Don't Need an AI Strategy

Every conference and consultant is telling you to build an AI strategy. They have it backwards. Start with a problem worth solving.

3 min · Mar 2026

Your Team Already Knows Where AI Fits

The best source of AI opportunities in your business isn't a consultant or a vendor. It's the people doing the work every day. You just have to ask the right question.

3 min · Mar 2026

AI Is Not Here to Replace Your Team

The fear that AI means layoffs is understandable. The reality is different. AI takes the pattern work so your people can do the work that actually matters.

3 min · Mar 2026

Is AI Going to Take Over the World?

Yes. More in the Google sense, less in the Skynet sense. I have watched this kind of disruption before, from the inside.

4 min · Mar 2026

Not Every Problem Is an AI Problem

AI is one tool in the box. Sometimes the right answer is simpler, cheaper, and already built. Knowing the difference is where the value starts.

3 min · Mar 2026

The Post-It Note Test

Want to know where AI would make the biggest impact in your business? Look at whose desk has the most post-it notes.

3 min · Mar 2026

What AI Actually Costs a Small Business

An honest breakdown of what you will spend, what you will keep spending, and what it costs to do nothing.

4 min · Mar 2026

Five Signs Your Business Is Sitting on a Problem AI Can Solve

Most business owners know AI matters. Fewer know where it actually fits. Here are five patterns worth paying attention to.

5 min · Mar 2026

AI Is Not Magic. It's a Tool.

AI is powerful, but it doesn't think and it doesn't understand your business. The value comes from knowing where to point it.

3 min · Mar 2026