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Look at who carries it.. "Go ahead, but I'll keep working the way I always have." Adoption dies there.. Three lines before you start.

Before You Launch the Project, Look at Who Carries It

A leader wanted his document management project, and wanted to be excused from it. Here's what that sets off in a team, the move that turned things ar…
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Steve Johnston August 6, 2026
AI is a mirror.. It doesn't fill your gaps. It reveals them.. Keep the wheel.

AI Doesn’t Fill Your Gaps. It Reveals Them.

A study shows that with AI, we become twice as confident and three times less accurate. Here is how I read it: AI is a mirror, it amplifies what you a…
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Steve Johnston July 30, 2026
I'm guilty.. I put the most powerful model on everything, and blew past my plan.. The fix: the 3 Ms.

I Blew Past My AI Plan: The 3 Ms Method That Fixed Me

Fable came out and I jumped on it: I put it on every task. Within days, I blew past my plan and paid the overage, for tasks that never needed that muc…
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Steve Johnston July 23, 2026
The knowledge base:. the fuel AI is waiting for. Dead wiki or living brain: what your documentation becomes in the AI era.

The Knowledge Base: The Fuel Your AI Is Waiting For

A knowledge base is no longer a documentation project: it is the corporate memory that, once connected to AI, multiplies the productivity of every tea…
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Steve Johnston July 15, 2026
We've seen. this movie before.. 70% of digital transformations fell short. AI is replaying the same script, for the same reason: silos.

We’ve Seen This Movie Before: Why So Many AI Projects Fail

Digital transformations fell short nearly 70% of the time (BCG). AI projects are now replaying the same movie, for the same underlying reason: tools p…
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Steve Johnston July 8, 2026

Document Chaos: You Don’t Search for Your Documents, You Pay for Them

An employee spends an average of 1.8 hours a day searching for information. Document chaos rarely comes from the tool: most organizations are already …
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Steve Johnston July 1, 2026

Digital Debt: See It Before It Becomes a Ball and Chain

Digital debt is every manual workaround an organization piles up without seeing it: duplicate files, daily copy-paste, processes that rest on a single…
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Steve Johnston June 24, 2026
Tailored software. that becomes. a weapon.

Vibe Coding (and Vibe Engineering): Custom Software Becomes a Weapon

Done right, vibe coding becomes vibe engineering: a way to build custom tools that fit your organization instead of the other way around. This article…
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Steve Johnston June 17, 2026

AI-First Isn’t a Reboot. It’s a Reflex You Train.

The term “AI-first” is everywhere, and it feeds a costly confusion. This article separates three competing readings (marketing posture, organizati…
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Steve Johnston June 10, 2026

Carney’s AI Draft Is Here. Intelligence Is Adaptation.

Ottawa has put forward a draft of its national AI strategy. Many will focus on what is missing. I take the opposite angle. 90,000 AI jobs targeted by …
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Steve Johnston June 3, 2026
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