Where AI Is Really Taking Hold Across the United States
AI may be accessible everywhere, but the talent, infrastructure, research capacity, and business readiness required to create real value remain highly concentrated. This article explores which U.S. states appear best positioned to lead, why Texas is close to the top tier, and where the map could shift next.
When Will Technology Actually Matter? The Two Clocks of Industrial Innovation
Technology impact depends on two clocks: when a technology becomes viable and when a company completes the prerequisites needed to use it. Reflecting on the WEF Intelligent Industrial Operations Outlook 2026, I explore where the timelines may be right, which technologies I would move and why the same future will arrive at very different times for different companies.
Everyone Wants the Last Domino
Everyone wants autonomous operations, intelligent agents, and self-optimizing factories. But industrial AI success does not begin with the last domino; it is built by standing up every capability that makes it possible.
Everyone Has a Strategy. Until You Ask What It Is.
“Strategy” may be one of the most used and least understood words in business. This article explores why companies so often confuse strategy with planning, how that creates misalignment, and why good strategy may be one of the highest-impact, lowest-cost investments a company can make.
What Matters Most When Scaling AI in 2026
The hardest part of scaling AI is not deciding what matters, it is diagnosing what matters most right now.
Why AI Strategy Feels Like the World’s Hardest Escape Room
AI strategy feels a lot like an escape room: everyone walks in confident, the clues are scattered across departments, the clock is ticking, and suddenly the hardest part is not the technology but figuring out how the business actually gets out.
The AI Boom Is Producing a Very Expensive Illusion
Most companies are racing to buy AI like it’s a magic vending machine, then acting surprised when the real value is stuck behind bad data, slow systems, messy processes, and the small inconvenience of organizational reality.
AI Will Not Save Broken Operations
Most companies are trying to build an AI-powered future on top of operations that still run like a group project held together by spreadsheets, workarounds, and the one employee everyone is afraid to let retire.
Automation Vs. Agency Vs Autonomy
There is a massive structural difference between a system that executes a rule and one that chooses a path, and mixing them up is an expensive mistake.
Why the Words Matter More Than People Think
The search bar may be telling us something: people still want the vision, but they are increasingly searching for the work.
2026 Top Struggles in AI Initiatives
We are spending money on AI like we have it all figured out, but the data shows we are still stuck on step one.
From Guessing to Knowing: The Case for Operational Clarity
A perspective on how operational visibility reshapes understanding, decision-making, and ultimately performance.
The State of Industrial AI in 2025: Capability Is Easy. Scaling Is Hard.
The story of Industrial AI in 2025 is simple: lots of capability, very little scale. The next advantage belongs to the companies that can operationalize trust.
Rethinking the Familiar
Most breakthroughs don’t come from brighter candles, they come from the moment someone dares to ask whether we still need a flame at all.
Humanoid Robots are Closer Than We Think
Humanoid robots are closer than the debate suggests, because the real bottleneck is no longer intelligence.
The Familiar Always Wins Unless You Make It Lose
Most transformations don’t fail loudly or dramatically; they lose a slow, quiet tug-of-war against the familiar, long after everyone thought the hard part was over.
Six Levers of Manufacturing Innovation
Manufacturing innovation does not have to be mysterious or overwhelming. These six simple levers offer a practical way to spot where innovation actually matters on the factory floor and turn big ideas into real operational impact.
OT Security Has a New Owner: Now Manufacturing Must Make It Work
OT security has finally made it to the CISO’s desk, but factories don’t run on org charts. This article explores why manufacturing is now the top cyber target, and what leaders must change to turn executive ownership into real operational resilience.
The Magazine Cover You Really Do Not Want To Be On
A look at the real reasons digital and AI transformations collapse and what leaders must change to stay off the cover of any technology-failure magazine.
Has Anyone Seen My ROI?
ROI is a superhero when used in the right places, a black hole when used in the wrong ones, and a discipline, not a deliverable, if you actually want it to work.