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The 6 Accountability Questions That Consultants, Analysts, and Solution Providers Rarely, If Ever, Ask
December 27, 2025
The 6 questions that determine whether your transformation will succeed—and why most vendors hope you never ask them.
Why Gartner Is Annoying?
December 24, 2025
Gartner told 2.1 million followers that 80% of AI projects fail to deliver ROI. Then they projected spending will triple to $600 billion by 2029. They didn't connect the dots. I asked five AI models why that's annoying.
Two Billion-Dollar Strategies Failed. One Didn’t. Here’s Why.
December 24, 2025
In 2005, Oracle and SAP each launched aggressive platform strategies worth billions. One ended in a 5-year delay. The other ended in a $1.3 billion lawsuit. Meanwhile, the 80% implementation failure rate never moved. Today's graph shows what they missed.
A Major Academic Study Just Reframed Enterprise AI—and Clarified the Path Forward
December 24, 2025
The 80% failure rate in enterprise AI isn't a technology problem. A new 65-page study from five elite universities just explained why—and what actually works.
What Eight Industry Leaders and One Assessment Reveal About Readiness-First Transformation
December 18, 2025
Eight industry leaders. One real assessment. The same conclusion.
Five Headlines. One Structural Break.
December 18, 2025
Five unrelated headlines. One pattern you don’t get to ignore anymore.
IBM just topped Stanford’s global transparency index — and it’s a meaningful win. But there’s a second kind of transparency the industry still isn’t measuring… and it’s the one that determines whether organizations actually succeed with AI.
December 11, 2025
IBM just topped Stanford's global transparency index — and it's a meaningful win. But there's a second kind of transparency the industry still isn't measuring.
The History They Show vs. The History They Haven’t Recognized
December 11, 2025
Every industry timeline celebrates 35 years of ProcureTech innovation. None recognize the failure rate that accompanied each era: 70% → 75% → 80%. Technology kept improving. Outcomes got worse. One equation explains why — and what finally collapses the failure rate.
Gartner’s AI Heat Map: A Restaurant Menu for the 80%
December 8, 2025
It’s not the menu that matters. It’s whether your organization can survive the meal.
Procurement Insights 
Why Academics Are Continuing To Reach Out to Connect in 2026
January 1, 2026
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In 2007, my audience was 60% operational practitioners. In 2025, it's 90% academics, C-Suite, and senior decision-makers. The content didn't change. The recognition did.