Why AI Investments Stall Without Work Redesign Most organizations believe they are behind on AI. In reality, most organizations are stuck after AI. Recent studies consistently show the same pattern. Around 85–90% of large organizations have invested in AI in some form. Roughly 60–70% have run pilots or experiments. Less than 35% report meaningful operational impact. And only a single digit percentage have redesigned how … Meer lezen over REWORK
Wake up. We have seen this before. And pretending we haven’t is the real risk.
Let me be very direct, because this moment deserves clarity, not comfort.Every major transformation starts the same way. There is excitement. There is curiosity. There are early adopters. And there is a phase where organisations convince themselves that doing something small is the same as doing the right thing. That phase is where we are now. I hear … Meer lezen over Wake up. We have seen this before. And pretending we haven’t is the real risk.
Stop summarizing meetings. Start designing outcomes.
Meeting summaries often miss the intent of a meeting. They are accurate, well written, and technically correct, yet they stay high level and rarely reflect what we were actually trying to achieve. They tell us what was said, but not why the meeting existed, what kind of moment it was, or what should move because … Meer lezen over Stop summarizing meetings. Start designing outcomes.
Future skills and future roles: why leadership is changing faster than our organizations
Technology is moving fast. That’s no longer a bold statement. It’s the backdrop. What feels more unsettling is something else. Not that things are changing, but how it feels to lead while they are. The question that kept returning for me was not “Can we keep up?” It was why it feels like we are … Meer lezen over Future skills and future roles: why leadership is changing faster than our organizations
“Adoption is going well.”
A sentence that sounds confident... until you look closer. I hear this sentence everywhere. “Adoption is going well.” It’s usually said calmly, sometimes almost casually, as if it’s a settled fact. A conclusion we’ve already agreed on. And most of the time, it ends the conversation before it really starts. That’s what makes it interesting. … Meer lezen over “Adoption is going well.”
The agents will orchestrate the workflow
It is one of those sentences you hear more and more often. In presentations. In strategy meetings. In conversations where everyone nods with confidence, while very few people actually stop to ask what it really means. “The agents will orchestrate the workflow.” It sounds smart. It sounds inevitable. And yet it remains vague. Because which … Meer lezen over The agents will orchestrate the workflow
This is not an AI revolution. It is a shift in human agency
Every week, new announcements appear from the world’s largest technology companies. New models. New features. New promises about speed, intelligence, and scale. Most conversations stay focused on what is technically possible and how fast everything is moving. But when you zoom out, something else becomes visible. Something more fundamental. Not only technology is changing, but … Meer lezen over This is not an AI revolution. It is a shift in human agency
The Let Them Theory
Some books you read. Others read you. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins belongs firmly in the second category for me. Not because the concept is complex, but because it is deceptively simple. And simplicity, when it hits the right nerve, has a way of exposing behavior you no longer want to ignore. I … Meer lezen over The Let Them Theory
PowerPoint is not dead. Unclear thinking is.
PowerPoint has been declared dead more times than I can count. Not because the tool stopped working, but because the way we used it stopped making sense. For years, PowerPoint became a container for information instead of a surface for thinking. Slides grew longer, bullets multiplied, and decisions quietly disappeared. That is exactly why Copilot … Meer lezen over PowerPoint is not dead. Unclear thinking is.
Why most people don’t do this… and why it changes everything
Most people open Copilot, ask a question, and hope for clarity. And every day I see the same pattern: “Copilot is helpful, but it doesn’t fully think like me yet.” The truth is simple. Most people never tell Copilot how they want it to think, support them or structure information. They don’t define their tone, their decision … Meer lezen over Why most people don’t do this… and why it changes everything
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