The Race Is Already On
By the time AI feels safe to adopt, your competitors will have already won. The SMBs that move now aren't reckless — they're just honest about how advantage works.
·5 min read
Insights
Field notes on AI & operations
Short, practical observations from the field — what I’m seeing work (and fail) as businesses adopt AI. No hype. No jargon.
Bureaucracy Eats Innovation
The fastest way to kill an AI experiment? Put it through the same approval process as a new stapler order. Here's how growing SMBs preserve their speed.
·4 min read
Your Infrastructure Is a Prison
You can't adopt AI if your data lives in twelve spreadsheets and a server nobody remembers the password for. Here's how SMBs break free without breaking the bank.
·5 min read
You're Using AI to Run a Cron Job
The most expensive mistake in SMB AI isn't picking the wrong tool. It's using a rocket ship to deliver pizza.
·4 min read
The Motivation Gap
Enterprise teams are burned out. SMB teams are hungry. I watched the same company house both — and the difference wasn't resources. It was relevance.
·5 min read
Your Team Is Scared, Not Stupid
Resistance to AI isn't about tech literacy. It's about survival. Here's why enterprise change management fails — and how SMBs can win by having the conversation nobody else will.
·5 min read
Your AI Strategy Is Too Big
Enterprise AI strategies fail because they start at the top. SMBs win by solving one team's Monday morning, not drafting a 3-year roadmap.
·4 min read