October 15, 2026
An Excel spreadsheet quickly becomes a centrepiece, with its risks. With AI, you can now turn it into a precise...
Blog
Thoughts on
digital execution.
Each article takes on one of the four moves (Observations, Problems, Approaches, Impacts). Decision-focused thinking for leaders and anyone in a position of authority.
Format
4 moves, one common thread
Reading time
5 to 8 min per article
Angle
From the field, not theory
Who it's for
Organizations mid-transformation
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October 8, 2026
My daughter learned with AI. Her professor thought her text came from the machine. Who's right?
October 1, 2026
Yann LeCun, Turing Award winner, explains why the danger we keep being sold mostly serves to capture a market.
September 24, 2026
11,755 SMBs changed hands in Quebec in 2023, and four owners in ten say their business depends too much on...
September 17, 2026
Gartner predicts that 30% of employees laid off due to replacement by AI will need to be rehired by 2029....
September 10, 2026
Employment for 22- to 25-year-olds in AI-exposed occupations sits 19% below its trajectory, and nobody made a decision. This year,...
September 3, 2026
An agent booked a gym slot by cancelling someone else's. It did exactly what it was asked. Why the problem...
August 27, 2026
Of 150 organizations that deployed AI, not one reduced its costs, and two-thirds saw them rise. Why your data isn't...
August 20, 2026
Quebec is the Canadian province where AI carries the most weight in purchasing decisions: 45% versus 39% nationally. What that...
August 13, 2026
A leader went it alone with AI-assisted development, no structure, very fast. It worked, partly, until the day everything had...
August 6, 2026
A leader wanted his document management project, and wanted to be excused from it. Here's what that sets off in...
July 30, 2026
A study shows that with AI, we become twice as confident and three times less accurate. Here is how I...
Steve Johnston
Steve Johnston helps organizations make better digital decisions before they choose tools. Drawing on hands-on experience in the field and a close eye on the innovations that actually matter, he steps in when execution goes off track: fuzzy priorities, missing standards, too much rework, fragile adoption. His approach focuses on clarity, the right sequence and measurable benchmarks to turn technology (AI included) into a lasting lever. Learn more: SteveJohnston.co | Newsletter and practical resources.