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Don’t confuse America’s robotaxi chaos with innovation – China already chose certainty over debate
Big tech leaders are betting you'll jump into AI-fueled robotaxis. However, these represent one of the first genuine examples of AI requiring behavioral change at a societal level. However, the technology isn't yet ready to scale, consumers are hesitant to trust it, and we haven't addressed the deeper question: who's accountable when the algorithm gets it wrong?Read More
AI will never save bad leadership: Pay your leadership debt to put Humans at the Helm
Leaders are overpromised on technology and underdeveloped on humanity. That gap is what we term "leadership debt" and it’s the most expensive liability no CFO can measure. The leaders who win in the AI era will not be those who master neural networks, but will be those who master themselves. Leadership is not a byproduct of transformation, it is the precondition for it. The AI economy will be led by humans at the helm. Here we discuss the critical six leadership behaviors to succeed in the AI age...Read More
Start measuring your AI Velocity Gap before your market measures it for you…
On Sunday, employees live the AI dream: frictionless, instant, empowering. They connect Gmail, Calendar, and OpenTable without asking permission. They fix mistakes, automate workflows, and see instant ROI on everyday tasks.On Monday, they crash into enterprise reality: data silos, email chains, compliance debates, and governance frameworks that exist only in PowerPoint.Your best employees are already AI augmented. Your enterprise is still forming committees.This is your AI Velocity Gap, and it's probably widening every day...Read More
The analyst industry is having its Blockbuster moment
The future of the analyst industry is here, but most of its stakeholders are simply not ready. You only need to see the stock price carnage of Gartner and Forrester to realize the analyst and advisor industry are in grave danger of being runover by AI. The Futurum Group CEO, Daniel Newman, and I take a hard look at the future of the analyst industry in the era of ChatGPT-5 and agentic AI.Read More
Don’t hide behind AI to trim your belly fat. Start redesigning your workforce
Microsoft, Amazon, Citigroup, UPS, Google, McKinsey, Deloitte, PwC, and many others have all recently laid off staff under the AI smokescreen. The headlines say it is about automation and AI readiness, but that is not the whole story... not even close.Read More
Trump’s American AI Powerplay: Get on board or get left behind
Love him or loathe him, let's be clear... President Trump's new AI Action Plan isn't just political theatre, it's a strategic sledgehammer aimed at reshaping the global AI landscape in America's favor. This is your wake-up call, whether you're leading a tech firm or steering an enterprise. Align with the American AI stack, or prepare for a long ride in the slow tech lane.Read More
Why the analyst advisor industry is getting obliterated by AI… and how to save it
The analyst and advisor industries, reliant on IP and research to market their products, are in serious trouble, and many firms will cease to exist in a couple of years. What's really worrying is the recent speed of development with AI platforms, agentic software, and LLMs, which is, quite frankly, making the use of analysts and advisors increasingly irrelevant.Read More
Joe Biden to keynote at the HFS Summit
HFS Research, the analyst firm which coined the term “Services-as-Software” has added former president Joe Biden to its stellar line up of speakers, which include CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and Wharton School Professor Ethan Mollick. He will address the impact of AI on the United States under the theme “The Agentic President”.Read More
You must fight your FOBO… your Fear Of Becoming Obsolete!
You can blame your company's culture or your management's cynical approach to cost-cutting as being the key reason behind failed AI experiments, but ultimately, you need to train yourself to be an AI warrior, unafraid of the battles ahead, to stay relevant, creative, collaborative, and completely irreplaceable. You must fight your Fear Of Becoming Obsolete! Read More
Are we finally ready to ‘UnBPO’ ourselves?
Firstsource just put BPO on notice. It’s not just talking about transformation—it’s daring the entire industry to burn the old playbook.Read More
