Browsing All posts tagged under »organizational readiness«

Assessing Gartner’s Convergence With the Hansen Models™, 1998–2026

September 23, 2026

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The industry is converging on a question this archive has asked since 1998. Is your organization asking it yet?

David Shillingford Just Described the Backward Trace. Here Is What It Looks Like Applied.

September 17, 2026

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Start where risk and impact are highest and work back from there. What does that actually look like?

Selecting the Best AI Model — A 30-Minute Lab (including post-conference access to ARA™ RAM 2025™ powered by SLAP OS™)

September 16, 2026

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Is there really only one "best-of-breed" AI model (and is one enough)?

When a Consumer Mindset Serves the Business World

September 16, 2026

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Does your AI initiative's success lurk in the shadows? If yes, what is your next step?

Business at the Speed of Thought Is Finally Possible. Are We Any More Ready for It Than We Were in 1998?

September 14, 2026

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Business at the speed of thought - are we ready for it? (1998 to 2026)

I Wrote a White Paper About SAP in 2008. I Have Just Read It for the First Time in Years.

August 18, 2026

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What does an eighteen-year-old white paper tell us to look for in the 2026 AI era?

What Does Cloud Repatriation and AI Repatriation Have in Common, and How Are They Different?

August 16, 2026

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That is not an argument against automation. It is an argument for knowing what you are automating before you automate it — the same argument as everything else in previous technology eras, arriving through a different door.

Every Firm Found the Same Problem. None of Them Found the Layer Beneath It.

July 27, 2026

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Every major AI report this year found the same problem: readiness, not technology. Every one of them reached for a checklist. A checklist is the one thing that can't fix it — and the reason is ontological.

Gartner Makes Predictions. The Record Keeps Receipts.

July 11, 2026

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A prediction describes a future no one is accountable for. A record documents what happened — and can be checked. Gartner's five 2026 predictions, against nineteen years of receipts.

Automation and Efficiency Are Not the Same Thing

July 1, 2026

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Automation makes a process faster. That's all it does — and faster is only better if the process was right to begin with. A response to a question worth sitting with from Tanya Seda.