AI adoption and innovation in the enterprise

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This is my usual post curating some of the best articles I’ve read in the last month, just a slightly different guise. They all gravitate around areas I’m focused on at work. These days, they are seemingly what all work has become: adoption of AI technology at work and innovation, guided by the right change or transformation management.

On the AI side, they are predominantly positive takes on AI, perhaps a reflection of my own views. But in case you haven’t noticed, we are in the midst of what many are calling a bubble, likened to the dot com bubble with its boom and bust cycle.

If there are similarities, and I believe there are many, then we should see the same level of unprecedented innovation following the dot com bubble. This applies to the consumer space as well as the enterprise which typically lags.

Just as in those times, there will casualties and false starts. I think these articles include some cautionary tales and how to also remain grounded on what we are all here to do in business. We need to remember that for all the worry of AI taking over, at the heart of enterprise is still humans working together towards common goals that move us forward through innovation, with technology as an enabler.

Get Off the Transformation Treadmill

Posted on December 3. Many organizations stumble into cycles of repeated transformations—bold restructurings meant to fix deep problems but instead sap morale, unsettle customers and investors, and consume leadership energy. True transformations are sometimes necessary to reposition companies facing major industry …

Turning AI from experimental to operational starts with true observability.

Posted on November 30. As AI systems enter production, reliability and governance can’t depend on wishful thinking. Here’s how observability turns large language models (LLMs) into auditable, trustworthy enterprise systems. Why observability secures the future of enterprise AI The enterprise race to deploy LLM systems …

Bigger than COVID? The graph that explains why AI is going to be so huge

Posted on November 29. Work by research firm Metr suggests AI is doubling capacity every seven months and that it’s likely “there’s at least another five years of …

An OpenAI exec explains how his growing team helps companies move from AI hype to adoption

Posted on November 28. A team at OpenAI embeds itself inside some of the world’s biggest companies to turn AI models into real-world deployments. Colin Jarvis, who leads OpenAI’s forward-deployed engineering team, explained in an episode of the “Altimeter Capital” podcast published Thursday how his team helps companies …

Organizational intelligence is the new priority in the AI era

Posted on November 24. AI isn’t your catalyst. Deep, accurate business context is. In recent conversations with customers and peers, I’m not hearing “Which AI model or tool should we pick?” I’m hearing “How do we operationalize AI across our critical workflows?” People are starting to understand real digital transformation …

4 Reasons Business Growth Finds Its Edge In Human-Centered Innovation

Posted on November 18. It might be tempting to believe that growth is purely a matter of scale and technology. But the companies that gain sustainable advantages combine the power of technology with human-centered innovation. The real, durable, exponential growth does not come from the best algorithm; it comes from the …

How big businesses are handling the roll out of Generative AI

Posted on November 13. For nearly three years now, Generative AI (GenAI) has captured the imagination of enterprises worldwide, promising to transform customer experiences, …

The economics of empathy: why human connection is the future of business

Posted on November 7. In an era increasingly defined by AI and automation, businesses face a critical strategic decision: how to integrate genuine human connection into …

A $650M AI founder: Your ‘demo-level’ AI is a ‘real danger’

Posted on November 4. This article summarizes an episode of Y Combinator’s video series featuring Jake Heller, co-founder and CEO of Casetext. Jake Heller is the co-founder …

Alphabet is increasingly launching ‘moonshot’ projects as independent companies — here’s why

Posted on November 3. Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is shifting how it brings ambitious technology projects to market, increasingly spinning them out as independent companies rather than keeping them within the Alphabet corporate structure, X’s head honcho, Astro Teller, revealed at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this past …

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