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Artificial Intelligence

Dec 17, 2025

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9 min read

Competent or Just Confident?

A polished sales team doesn't mean a competent delivery team. Here's how to tell the difference before you sign.

Eric Brown

Weekly Intel

Dec 14, 2025

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7 min read

Weekly Intel: 2025-12-14

Consolidation moves in media and enterprise tech signal the established giants are repositioning for 2025. Meanwhile, courts and regulators on two continents are forcing Apple and Google to loosen their grip on app ecosystems.

Eric Brown

Artificial Intelligence

Dec 10, 2025

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9 min read

The Disconnect

Technical teams know what AI can do. Operations teams know what problems cost money. They're rarely in the same conversation

Eric Brown

Photography

Dec 5, 2025

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3 min read

Foto Friday: Sentinel

A scouting trip, a dead tree, and a clear night in Colorado. Sometimes that's all it takes.

Eric Brown

The One Decision That Determines Whether Your AI Project Succeeds

Dec 1, 2025

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11 min read

The One Decision That Determines Whether Your AI Project Succeeds

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.

Eric Brown

Nov 19, 2025

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7 min read

Decision Velocity

High-trust organizations decide in three days. Low-trust ones take four weeks; and that gap determines who wins markets.

Eric Brown

Photography

Nov 7, 2025

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3 min read

Utah Badlands

Where ancient volcanic ash meets the last light of day. A landscape so alien, NASA uses it to test Mars rovers.

Eric Brown

Writing

Nov 4, 2025

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12 min read

The Rituals of AI Adoption

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.

Eric Brown

Intelligence

Nov 2, 2025

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6 min read

Weekly Intel - Nov 2 2025

Tech's power players are making moves this week. OpenAI's circular financing, Nvidia buying into Nokia, and governments pushing back against Big Tech.

Eric Brown

Writing

Oct 31, 2025

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5 min read

Nobody's There

What an automated lighthouse taught me about work that matters

Eric Brown