Plan big, act small has never been more important. This is Principle 27 in my book, Almost Timeless: 48 Foundation Principles of Generative AI. In the last month, we’ve had 3 MAJOR foundation model releases: GPT-5.1, Gemini 3, Claude Ops 4.5. These new models are incredibly capable. They’re super smart. They’re also really compute and…
Context engineering is data management. That’s anticlimactic, isn’t it? You hear everyone from Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO) to AI bros hyping “context engineering” as the next big thing. It’s data management. If prompt engineering is building great recipes, context engineering is building great ingredients. Even the most decorated Michelin-starred chef can’t make rotted, spoiled food…
Passive voice is the enemy of clarity. I was reading a report recently that was loaded to the brim with passive voice writing. “The video content was loaded to the channel. The analytics are suggesting that X might be the best place for us to create content.” Passive voice, for those who don’t remember English…
What blocks AI progress? Over the last two days at the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON), I’ve had the pleasure of sitting down with colleagues and peers to hear how they’re using AI. The most common blocker to AI progress at an individual level? Vocabulary. AI – generative AI, and large language models in particular –…
Summary In today's episode, I discuss how junior employees can protect their career advancement amidst rapid AI developments. Here's what this means for you. You can master both human relationship dynamics and AI tools to ensure leadership sees your value. You'll also learn these concepts: why smaller companies provide better career security, how to strategically…
Claude Sonnet 4.5 changes a lot of things, but this one thing is a MASSIVE change that the nerd herd (people like me) will deeply appreciate: Context editing. One of the largest problems with generative AI over long conversations is that is that the short term memory, the context window, gets polluted over time. It…
Is AI having an effect on jobs? Well, yes. In a new paper from Stanford, “Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence” by Brynjolfsson∗ et. al., researchers dug into AI effects on employment in a VERY well written paper. The highlights: AI hits youngest workers hardest. Workers…
The closest thing to magic that I teach in my keynotes and workshops when it comes to generative AI is this sentence: Ask me one question at a time until you have enough information to complete the task. Why this? Because generative AI models are optimized to be harmless, helpful, and ‘honest’ in some capacity,…
Summary In today's episode, I describe how to motivate teams to adopt AI by emphasizing results over technology. Here's what this means for you. You can win organizational support by using AI to eliminate the most tedious and painful tasks on employee to-do lists. You'll also learn these concepts: the TRIPS framework for task assessment,…
