2025 wasn’t the year AI got smarter It was the year our thinking got exposed. By the end of 2025, most conversations had moved past: “Can AI do this?” To harder questions: “Should we trust this?” “Who owns this decision?” “What happens if this is wrong?” What surprised me wasn’t what AI could do. It was what it revealed about how people think when AI is in the room. ...
“We’ll just start using AI and see where it goes.” It’s a common and understandable reaction. AI is moving fast. Tools change every quarter. Vendors promise the world. So why slow things down by writing a strategy? Here’s the uncomfortable truth: The earlier you are in your AI journey, the more you need a strategy — just not the kind you’re used to. Most leaders associate “strategy” with a fixed target state. Multi-year roadmaps. Detailed architecture diagrams. Commitments that age badly. ...