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Google’s $750M Move Just Scaled the Architecture That Has Failed for 30 Years

May 4, 2026

Google didn't make a mistake. It just operationalized one — at $750 million scale, with thirty years of receipts.

We’ve Seen This Before. And It Didn’t End Well.

May 3, 2026

What's in a title? Very little if it doesn't reflect how the real world operates.

From Idea to Discipline: The Validation Layer the AI Conversation Has Been Missing

May 2, 2026

Jon Hansen surfaced the validation layer the AI conversation has been missing. Bob Ferrari did not just engage with the framing — he recognized the three-layer architecture senior buyers must understand.

Reimagining The Familiar (and Outdated) Iceberg Graphic

May 1, 2026

The familiar iceberg graphic addresses 10% of the system. Here is the other 90%.

Bolt-Ons. App Sprawl. Replicated Lakehouses. Same Open IKEA Box.

May 1, 2026

Here’s evidence the industry has been solving the wrong problem—for 30 years.

SAP Didn’t Reduce Capability. It Widened the Outcome Gap.

April 30, 2026

SAP's Technology Capability is at its strongest in two decades. Its behavioral dimensions just collapsed. A Hansen Fit Score™ assessment of what the April 2026 API policy actually changed.

What Are ProcureTech Providers Actually Orchestrating?

April 30, 2026

Every ProcureTech vendor now claims to be an orchestrator. Most are coordinating decisions whose validity has never been established.

A practitioner built the perfect AI Agent, now what is the “BUT”?

April 29, 2026

She built an AI agent that hits every metric. That's exactly when the system around it starts to break.

Taking Aaron Levie’s Famous Quote One Step Further — and Across the Finish Line

April 27, 2026

In 2014 we had the opportunity to get it right — but only a few recognized it. In 2026, with AI, we have a second chance with full knowledge of the consequences.