Subject: There's a number coming out of AI projects in 2026 that will make your heart drop.
There's a number coming out of AI projects in 2026 that will make your heart drop.
September 30th, 2026 at 4:14 pm EDTRoughly 80% are reporting zero return on their AI investment. For all the money companies are pouring in, that's a lot of expensive experiments. In this week’s video, I’m sharing a conversation I had wih with Michael Principe, an enterprise AI ...
3 Quick Reminders
September 23rd, 2026 at 3:09 pm EDTThis message is going to be simple. #1 - NLDD: National Leadership Development Day is this Friday! This is a summit designed for people leaders with relevant topics:The Human Side of Leadership in the Age of AIWhy Leadership Feels Harder Today (I a ...
Two great people, one problem you can't name
September 16th, 2026 at 4:28 pm EDTWrapping up part 3 of our series on how to recognize when you’re losing money that doesn’t show us clearly on a P L. This week we look at two of your best people, who can't get through one shared project without it turning into a standoff. You' ...
A Bad Hire or Poor Role Design?
September 10th, 2026 at 3:00 pm EDTThere's a particular kind of frustration that comes with watching someone you were genuinely excited to hire fall short of what you expected. You start second-guessing the decision, and sometimes you start second-guessing yourself. Right now, a lot ...
Your biggest investment is underperforming
September 3rd, 2026 at 9:05 am EDTIf I asked you to point to the biggest investment sitting in your P L, what would you say? Assuming you are not doing every job yourself, it is typically your people. So when low performance starts to put that investment at risk, leaders can unwitt ...
Stop managing behavior, it won’t change performance
August 27th, 2026 at 9:04 am EDTWe all know what happened to the Titanic. But did you realize you're battling that same iceberg every time you try to manage the same behavior from the same direct report, over and over again? The thing you keep addressing isn't actually the thing. ...
Two versions of your AI rollout
August 20th, 2026 at 1:00 pm EDTThere are two versions of how AI is going in your organization right now.One is the view from where you, as a leader, sit; you’ve invested in the tools, the training, and the dashboard is full of activity.The other is what your people are actuall ...
Do You Notice the Drag on your time with AI + 2 Announcing Upcoming Masterclasses
August 12th, 2026 at 2:11 pm EDTA group of experienced developers tested AI on their own work last year. They were sure it had sped them up by about a quarter. The data showed they had actually gone 19% slower, and not one of them felt it happening. That gap, between how fast som ...
Good friction, bad friction, and a $25 million lesson
August 6th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTA finance employee at Arup, the global engineering firm behind the Sydney Opera House, did everything right. He was suspicious of an email with a link to join a video call with the company leaders; he hesitated exactly the way his training taught h ...
A Near Email Hack & 2 Masterclasses to Look Out For.
July 30th, 2026 at 9:00 am EDTTwo of my colleagues had their email hacked recently. Earlier this week I got an opportunity to be the 3rd oof. The unsettling part is that I did what I thought was the responsible thing. I wrote about the moment I clicked; I broke it down into slo ...