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I write about how AI changes the way companies are run, especially the decisions leaders make and how teams organize the work. It's for founders and operators responsible for putting AI to work inside the company.

Latest memo · July 13, 2026

The GCC has an operating tempo advantage in AI

Every company can buy the same models. The regional advantage is the speed at which leadership can align capital, policy and execution.

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Your AI Council Is Not an Operating System

The committee can govern AI. It cannot operate the work.

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AI reorganizes before the org chart does

AI redraws the working chart before anyone redraws the formal one. Leadership notices last.

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Judgment is the new unit of performance

AI made output cheap. Judgment became the scarce thing.

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Jul 13, 2026 The GCC has an operating tempo advantage in AI AI + Operations 4 min Jul 6, 2026 AI changes capacity before it changes headcount AI + Operations 5 min Jun 29, 2026 AI value does not exist until the operating budget moves AI + Operations 5 min Jun 22, 2026 The CEO’s role in AI transformation starts where the org chart stops AI + Operations 4 min Jun 15, 2026 Middle managers are the control plane for AI adoption AI and Teams 4 min Jun 8, 2026 An AI transformation has ninety days to become an operating system AI + Operations 6 min Jun 1, 2026 Enterprise AI is an integration program wearing a technology label AI + Operations 7 min May 25, 2026 The AI transformation office should be designed to disappear AI + Operations 5 min May 17, 2026 Before you buy AI services, ask what operating layer you’re handing over AI + Operations 5 min

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May 12, 2026 What boards should ask after the UAE’s agentic government bet AI + Operations 6 min May 3, 2026 Series From Prompt to Operating System AI + Operations 5 min Apr 27, 2026 Your AI Council Is Not an Operating System AI + Operations 4 min Apr 21, 2026 AI made OKRs that lean on output easier to hit and less useful Management Infrastructure 2 min Apr 20, 2026 What AI does to an executive’s read on their own company AI + Operations 4 min Apr 18, 2026 The ‘AI replaces juniors’ story points at the wrong layer AI and Teams 2 min Apr 15, 2026 A weekly structure for a team with uneven AI use AI and Teams 2 min Apr 13, 2026 Board oversight of AI adoption AI + Operations 4 min Apr 12, 2026 Coordination tax Management Infrastructure 2 min