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20/05/2026

Integrating AI in Strategy

Everyone wants to “use AI in strategy” right now. The problem is that most organizations are treating AI as an add-on productivity tool and continuing to make decisions with the same old ways.

AI becomes strategically useful only when it changes how an organization senses change, interprets signals, and responds faster than before.

That requires integration at a deeper level.

A practical way to begin:

1. Use AI to detect patterns, not just generate content. Presentations, summaries, and drafts are useful. But limited use of AI. The bigger advantage comes from identifying weak signals across customer behavior, operations, competition, and market shifts before they become obvious.

2. Redesign workflows around faster learning. Traditional strategy cycles are built for slower learning. AI helps organizations speed up, test assumptions continuously, shorten feedback cycles, and adapt in near real time. No more quarterly reviews or annual plans.

3. Use AI to challenge strategic assumptions. Most organizations use AI to support existing thinking. The real value emerges when it is used to test assumptions, surface blind spots, simulate scenarios, and expose patterns that leadership teams may otherwise miss.

4. Treat AI adoption as a cultural shift. The technology is the easy part. The harder challenge is building trust, encouraging experimentation, and helping teams become comfortable working alongside systems that augment thinking.

The organizations that benefit most from AI are the ones that learn faster, challenge assumptions earlier, and integrate intelligence into everyday decision-making.

How is your organization integrating AI into strategic thinking beyond productivity gains?

29/04/2026

You invested in AI. Did you invest in humans?

Gartner is pointing to a problem most companies are missing - AI literacy.

Not tool usage. Not prompts. Actual understanding of where AI works, where it breaks, and how it fits into real decisions.

Right now:
1. Budgets flow into AI systems.
2. Adoption stays at the surface.
3. Depth of use remains shallow.

ROI doesn’t show up when humans aren’t at the same level as the technology.

Gartner’s view is clear - AI literacy has to be continuous, role-specific, and tied to real work. Not one-time training, workshops, or videos.

Gartner recommends linking learning activities to high-value use cases and strategic goals. And measuring real business outcomes, not just completion rates.

We are scaling AI faster than we are scaling human capability. And until that flips, most AI spend will look justified only on paper. The next advantage won’t come from better AI. It will come from people who know how to use it well.

Worth asking inside your org: Are we investing in AI, or in the ability to use it?

AI literacy is the missing link between AI hype and business value. Learn how CIOs can drive ROI with outcomes-driven, role-based AI literacy programs.

27/04/2026

AI is making us look smarter. Not work smarter.

At least not by default. The output is faster. It looks cleaner and more structured. It gives a sense of superior work. But it is only polish, and the gap still shows.

AI helps execute faster, but the judgment of what is worth doing, what to ignore, and where effort actually compounds remains with us. So, a lot of us are doing the same work quicker, just better dressed. But that is not smarter.

Real leverage still comes from three things good leaders weigh.
1. Prioritisation, choosing the few things that truly move the needle.
2. Framing, asking the right question before chasing answers.
3. Decision making, acting on what emerges instead of endlessly refining it.

AI is a force multiplier. It multiplies whatever we give it. If the input is scattered, the output only scales that scatter.

It's our choice. Should we stop at AI making us "look" smarter, or actually "work" smarter? How are you managing this? Where has AI made you look better without actually improving the work?

21/04/2026

AI and the Rise of the One-Person Team

Most work in large teams is coordination. Handoffs, briefings, and constant alignments needed to prevent loss of context as ideas move.

AI collapses that loop. You move from intent to output in a single, unbroken flow.

• AI handles the structural heavy lifting. Synthesizing data, drafting initial frameworks, and refining details.
• Your effort shifts from mechanical to conceptual work.
• You focus on strategy, judgment, and high-stakes refinement.

The real advantage is continuity of thought. One mind carries the idea end-to-end without fragmentation. The one-person team is viable because AI absorbs the operational friction.

Where does this work in your domain? Where does it break? Curious to hear.

15/04/2026

AI in UX

One of the most underrated uses of AI in UX is reducing decision fatigue.

Most digital products still assume that more choice equals better experience: more filters, more options, more customization. In reality, users are often tired. They don’t want to decide ten things before getting one result. A curated experience, tuned to context and past behavior, feels easier.

Done quietly, in a supportive way. For example,
- Pre-selecting defaults based on context
- Narrowing choices dynamically instead of showing all options upfront
- Suggesting next steps instead of waiting for user action
- Learning from patterns without making users repeat themselves

Good AI-driven UX balances convenience with user control. Too much, and it starts feeling intrusive. The sweet spot is when the user feels – ah, right!

Curious how others are implementing this in live products, especially where stakes are higher than content or shopping.

08/04/2026

Don’t outsource your thinking to AI

AI makes work faster. That part is clear.

The real question is not speed, but direction.

We give AI a prompt and get an answer. What often drops out is the thinking in the middle. The part where we question, test, and decide.

AI can write, explain, suggest, proofread, embellish. Its responses feel reliable because they are structured and confident.

But confidence is not accuracy. AI does not understand our context, our constraints, or our trade-offs. The risk builds quietly. We begin by accepting "good enough" answers in small tasks. Over time, the same habit shapes bigger decisions. Instead of thinking, we start relying on it.

That may feel efficient. But that's the trap. AI cannot judge what matters more in a given situation. That responsibility stays with us.

Using AI well means engaging with it, not deferring to it. It means asking better questions, probing the response, challenging it, and reshaping it until it fits our purpose.

Then we make the final call.

Do not outsource your thinking to AI. Keep the most critical part with you. And keep sharpening it.

02/04/2026

Problem framing is the real AI skill. Prompting comes later.

A lot of the current conversation around AI is about prompting. You see frameworks, templates, and hacks that promise better outputs. It feels like prompting is the real skill.

But prompting is only the visible layer. The real leverage lies in how well the problem itself is framed.

When the thinking is vague, no amount of prompt refinement fixes it. You may get something that sounds polished and convincing, but it often lacks depth. When the problem is clearly defined, even a simple prompt can produce useful, focused output.

So how do you make this shift?
It comes from asking better questions.
1. What is the real issue here?
2. Where is the gap?
3. What should change after this is done?

Without clarity on the current state and the desired outcome, tweaking prompts becomes an endless loop. This is also why two persons can use the same tool and get very different results. The difference is in how they think and frame the problem.

When you get these fundamentals right, the role of prompting changes. It becomes a simple translation step, rather than the main skill.

30/03/2026

AI is making us work faster. Not better.

That’s the uncomfortable truth. Tools like ChatGPT or Claude can draft, summarise, rephrase, generate ideas in seconds. So yes, the work is immensely performed faster.

But is it better?

Here's what I’m seeing - AI doesn’t fix weak thinking. It doesn’t improve perspective. The clean, professional phrasing may look smarter. But if the intent is nor clear, the output doesn’t mean anything significant. It just adds to the slop already piling up. I’ve seen AI turn vague thinking into confident-sounding nonsense.

So, what can we do to make our work stand out? I'd say 4 things:

1. Clarity of thought - Knowing exactly what problem you're solving. Narrowing down to the value you can add.

2. Originality - Bringing something that isn’t already everywhere. A novel insight, a sharp angle, or even a contrarian take.

3. Judgment – A critical skill. Deciding what to keep, what to discard.

4. Taste - Sensing what feels right, what resonates, what’s worth saying.

Without these, AI gives you speed. Not value.

Curious how others are experiencing this. Is AI improving your work, or just speeding it up?