Category Archives: Innovation

AI Isn’t Leveling the Playing Field; It’s Tilting It

in Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Everyone says AI is the great equalizer. That it gives everyone the same shot. They’re wrong. I’ve spent eight years building AI companies and the last two helping businesses implement AI. Here’s what I’m actually seeing: AI is creating the biggest capability gap in modern business. And most companies are on the wrong side of it.

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What Have You Failed at This Week?

in Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

What Have You Failed at This Week?

Nobody likes to fail. Yet most people, and most companies, claim they value learning. There’s your problem right there. Real learning comes from trying things with high uncertainty. And high uncertainty means frequent failure. You can’t have one without the other.

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AI Adoption Isn’t a Technology Problem, It’s a Courage Problem

in entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

AI Adoption Isn't a Technology Problem, It's a Courage Problem

You’re not unready for AI. You’re stalling. You’re waiting for more certainty, better case studies, clearer ROI models, but what you’re really waiting for is someone else to take the risk first. And every day you wait, someone in your industry is learning what you’re not.

Here’s how businesses should actually approach AI adoption, based on what separates the 5% who succeed from the 95% who fail:

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Creativity Doesn’t Need Boredom. It Needs Slack.

in Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Executives keep asking me the same question: if we automate away the boring work, will our people lose their creative edge? I understand the concern. A recent Wall Street Journal article captured it perfectly, arguing that delegating mundane tasks to AI eliminates the very boredom that sparks creativity. Fewer dull moments means fewer breakthroughs.

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