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📈 AI Agents Go Mainstream: Deployments Triple in One Quarter
When it comes to enterprise AI, experimentation is out — and operationalization is in. KPMG’s latest AI Quarterly Pulse Survey of more than 130 C-suite leaders at billion-dollar companies shows that full deployments of AI agents have nearly tripled, jumping from 11%...
From Data to Doing with Agentic Automation
In today’s dynamic fuels and convenience industry, enterprises manage complex ecosystems of applications, data, and processes. With many organizations relying on dozens of different systems, coordinating workflows, ensuring data accuracy, and maintaining operational...
Is AI a Competitive Advantage? Not on Its Own
But It Can and Should Reinforce the Ones You Already Have An article in the MIT Sloan Management Review, “Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage” opens with, "AI will transform economies and lift markets as a whole, but lasting differentiation will...
Avoiding AI Strategy Pitfalls
As businesses scramble to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), many leaders instinctively believe they need a well-defined AI strategy. However, as Joe Peppard argues in The Wall Street Journal, this may be the wrong approach. Instead of imposing a...
AI Sentiment in the Workplace: Employee Concerns and Insights
Things are moving fast, and this is polling data from the end of last year from Pew Research, but many of your employees may have more negative feelings toward AI than positive ones. It's not a rout, but it is not a 50/50 split like seemingly everything else these...
The Future of Work: Embracing AI Agents
Authored in collaboration with NewTide AI. As we navigate through the complexities of the modern workplace, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how we approach our daily tasks. The future of work is not just about remote collaboration or...
We Are All Technology Companies Now – Why It’s Time to Start Acting Like It
You can create as many “managers” as you like. They work 24/7/365, they don’t get sick, don’t need vacation, and don’t ask for a raise.
It’s Time To Embrace The Digital Transformation in Retail
It is no secret that consumers are increasingly more demanding. Unlike the days of old, there is no shortage of information or options when it comes to commerce. Today’s consumers take online purchases for granted and demand convenience, personalization and a great...
Practical Aspects Of Digital Transformation
In 2011, Marc Andreessen famously proclaimed that “Software is eating the world.” Today, I cannot think of a single industry where technology and software, in particular, are not heavily used. In fact, in terms of leveraging licensed or cloud software, or even...
You’re running a technology company. If you’re not, your business is already dead.
The article emphasizes that every business, regardless of industry, must embrace technology to survive and thrive in today’s market. It highlights how companies like Borders failed by neglecting technological shifts, while successful companies like Amazon and Netflix have flourished by leveraging software and technology to meet customer expectations. To stay competitive, businesses should focus on providing superior value through technology, understand their customers deeply, and draw inspiration from other industries. The article also underscores the need for business-savvy technical leadership to drive technological innovation and transformation.
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