Point of view

Thinking you can use.
Numbers you can check.

Short papers on what it actually takes for a mid-market company to put AI to work. Read the interactive edition in a few minutes, or take the PDF. Every figure has a source underneath it.

4 papers · 3 interactive · updated October 2026

The series so far

Newest first
NEXT YEAR'S INBOX · WHO GETS AN ANSWER YOUR BUSINESS customer's purchasing agent vendor's invoicing agent bank's renewal agent candidate's search agent your own agents, to each other answered in minutesstatements fetchedhanded off, approved queued · Thursdayno comparable answer ■ a door an agent can walk through■ a queue behind a person
Point of viewNew

UI for AI, UI for Agents

The chat box is the wrong interface for most work, your business needs an interface for software, and seven rules for a workforce of people and agents.

October 2026 · 4 min read · PDF 6 pp, 0.6 MB
Point of view
The bubble won't punish spending. It will punish unmeasurable spending.
Point of viewComing soon

Measuring What Matters

A foundations-based approach to AI ROI: the two ROI conversations, why usage isn't value, the Redeployment Ratio, and measurement proportional to spend.

August 2026 · 6 min read · PDF 14 pp, 1.0 MB
THREE FOUNDATIONS MULTIPLY. THEY DON'T ADD. AVG PeopleStrategyTechIllumination ××= 0.7 × 0.7 × 0.7 = 0.34 0.1 × 0.8 × 1.0 = 0.08 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.9 = 0.73 ADEQUATE EVERYWHERE. THE AVERAGE FLATTERS. GREAT TECH, NO ADOPTION. SHELFWARE: 0.08. ALL THREE HOLD. VALUE COMPOUNDS: 0.73.
Framework

The Three-Foundation Framework

People & Culture × Business Strategy × Capability & Technology. The multiplication, the Readiness Index, the four bands, and the three checklists that find your gate.

July 2026 · 5 min read · PDF 18 pp, 1.6 MB
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