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AI for Leaders: Strategy, Agents and Transformation

AI strategy for leaders who have to answer for it: where artificial intelligence actually pays and who has actually done this, what AI agents are and are not, the AI readiness assessment that ends in a ranked plan, which workloads go into production first, AI governance a board can run, and how to choose an AI consulting firm. Each essay ends in a plan for the next board meeting.

AI for leaders who answer for it, by email: agents, readiness, governance and the workloads that pay, each ending in a plan.

Featured · September 3, 2026

The AI Answer Your Board Actually Wants: Five Questions, and Wins in Production Before the Next Meeting

Five board questions on AI, the answer that fails and the one that holds, and how a CEO gets two workloads into production before the next meeting.

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AI Transformation Is a People Problem, Not a Tech One

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How to Choose an AI Consulting Firm: Seven Tests for One Call

How to choose an AI consulting firm: what the work covers, what it costs, seven tests you can run in one call, the red flags, and when to skip hiring one.

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AI Readiness Assessment: A Checklist That Ends in a Ranked Plan, Not a Score

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AI Agents for Business: Uses, Costs and a 30-Day Plan

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Win the AI Game: Your Practical Guide to Mastering Gen AI Now

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