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The End of Functional Silos Has Arrived. The Direction Just Reversed.
June 4, 2026
When the CFO and the COO are the same person, what happens to the silos? I wrote about this in 2008. Brittany Bagley just embodied it in 2026.
Posted in: Commentary
Maverick Spend Was Never the Problem
June 3, 2026
"For twenty years we tried to eliminate maverick spend. The AI era is about to show us it was never the problem — it was the signal."
Posted in: Commentary
Before You Appoint Someone to Own AI, Ask Whether AI Is a Thing You Own
June 2, 2026
What do a Chief Data Officer and Chief AI Officer have in common?
Posted in: Commentary
Technology Debt Has a Number. The AI Era Is the First Chance to Pay It Down — or Bury It Forever.
June 1, 2026
Phase 0 isn't a readiness methodology. It's the mechanism for escaping forty years of accumulated technology debt.
Posted in: Commentary
Everyone Is Sharing the AI Toolkit. No One Is Asking What’s Underneath It.
June 1, 2026
A frontline agent is not an agent-based model. The difference is why your AI will fail.
Posted in: Commentary
The Firms Winning the AI Era Sell the Decision, Not the Engine
May 30, 2026
It's time we stopped buying AI capability — and started committing to the outcomes it's supposed to produce.
Posted in: Commentary
Gartner Calls It an Adoption Gap. The Evidence Says It’s an Absorption Gap.
May 30, 2026
Gartner calls it an adoption gap. The evidence — including Gartner's own — says it's an absorption gap. Knowing the difference decides whether you fix it.
Posted in: Commentary
Why Would AI Produce Any Better Results Than Previous Technologies?
May 29, 2026
Why would AI produce any better results than previous technologies?
Posted in: Commentary
Technology Changes. The Story Doesn’t.
May 29, 2026
We don't predict failure. We identify the conditions that produce it.
Posted in: Commentary
The New Ariba Interviews Are the Vertice Interviews
June 4, 2026
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From Ariba 2007 to Vertice 2026 — has the substrate misalignment that derails most initiatives finally been addressed?