Category: Strategy

  • Will AI Replace Coders? The Shocking Truth About the Future of Programming Jobs

    OpenAI: “Codex helps you code faster!” Google: “Gemini is the best coding model and Jules helps you code!” Anthropic: “Claude is the smartest coding model!” Do you see the trend? And this isn’t just these companies, everyone touts their models’ ability to code. DeepSeek. Alibaba. Mistral. Cohere. When people talk about jobs AI will take,…

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  • Why Rushing AI Implementation Leads to Failure (And How to Build It Right)

    Can you build a three layer cake by starting with the third layer? Can you deploy code before writing it? Can you publish an ugly first draft and get great results? One of the biggest flaws I see in AI implementation today is rushing ahead. Lack of patience. Taking shortcuts. Cutting corners. If your idea…

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  • Mind Readings: The Future of Agencies in an AI World

    Summary In today's episode, I explore how agencies must transform their business models to remain relevant in an AI-driven market. Here's what this means for you. You can learn to move beyond commoditized tasks and focus on high-value outcomes that machines cannot replicate. You'll also learn these concepts: why the "more brains and more hands"…

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  • How AI is Transforming Knowledge Work: Why You Need to Master It Now

    It has been famously said that social media cannot be a threat to democracy AND be incapable of delivering results for your business. One of those things cannot be true. (the latter is not true) It can equally be said that AI cannot threaten a task, job, or industry AND also be bad at it.…

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  • How Agencies Can Outperform AI: 3 Human-Centric Strategies for Success

    Why do people hire agencies? Specifically content and digital agencies. Usually, it boils down to two basic needs: You need more brains. Your team lacks a missing set of skills. You need more hands. Your team just doesn’t have the bandwidth to meet its requirements. Both of these are excellent reasons to bring in outside…

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  • **Will AI Replace Your Job? The Surprising Truth About Work in the Age of AI**

    When AI can do everything, what’s left for humans? This is the existential question everyone’s talking about after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s piece highlighting that generative AI could spike unemployment to 20% in the short term (2-5 year window). That’s realistic. It might be higher, depending on how quickly the C-suite wants to chase profits…

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  • Mind Readings: Why Generative AI is Better at First Drafts

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why AI excels at writing first drafts but struggles more with final drafts, rooted in the difference between probabilistic and deterministic tasks. Here's what this means for you. You can unlock better results by letting AI handle the messy creative phase while you apply the rigid rules and…

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  • So What? Use cases for Retrieval Augmented Generation

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through practical use cases for retrieval augmented generation and explain when marketers and operations professionals should actually deploy a RAG system. Here's what this means for you. You cut through the AI hype and pick the right tool by matching your data privacy and size needs to the right…

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  • Mind Readings: New Is the Skill of the Future in an AI World

    Summary In today's episode, I make the case that innovation, not optimization, is the real skill of the future when working with AI. Here's what this means for you. You get more lasting value from using AI to create genuinely new ideas, products, and methods rather than just making existing work faster or cheaper. You'll…

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  • How to Get Better AI Results: The Secret Behind Precise, Step-by-Step Prompts

    Generative AI needs to talk. This is generally accepted advice – that to get the best results out of large language models like the ones that power ChatGPT, they need to talk things out. Of the dozens of prompt engineering techniques that exist, moer than half fall into the category of chain of thought, which…

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