AI and data insights from someone still in the weeds. What I'm seeing, what's working, and what's overhyped.
Artificial Intelligence
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Dec 10, 2025
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9 min read
Technical teams know what AI can do. Operations teams know what problems cost money. They're rarely in the same conversation
Photography
Dec 5, 2025
3 min read
A scouting trip, a dead tree, and a clear night in Colorado. Sometimes that's all it takes.
Dec 1, 2025
11 min read
Most AI projects fail because teams pick their technology before they understand what they're solving. Here's how to know whether building, buying, or waiting is the right call for your situation.
Nov 19, 2025
7 min read
High-trust organizations decide in three days. Low-trust ones take four weeks; and that gap determines who wins markets.
Nov 7, 2025
Where ancient volcanic ash meets the last light of day. A landscape so alien, NASA uses it to test Mars rovers.
Writing
Nov 4, 2025
12 min read
Organizations spend $109 billion performing AI adoption while 74% can't demonstrate value. Here's what the tribal dynamics, power shifts, and measurement theater reveal about why the rituals matter to some more than the results do.
