Browsing All posts tagged under »organizational readiness«

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.

What Counts as a Receipt

July 1, 2026

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"'Receipts' gets used loosely. Here's the actual standard — and two records that meet it, one produced this week and one kept for twenty-five years."

Everyone Stops at the Boundary. The Work Happens in the Seam.

June 29, 2026

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"To succeed with an AI initiative — or any initiative — you have to live in the seam."

Diamonds Don’t Form Without Pressure. Neither Does Change: Why Most Overlook the True Benefit of AI

June 29, 2026

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"Everyone's selling AI as the diamond. It's actually the pressure that produces the diamond."

Gartner Says Move From IT Control to Orchestration. Where Are the Receipts?

June 28, 2026

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"Everyone's selling AI as the diamond. It's actually the pressure."

In 2020, Logitech Repatriated Procurement Into a Pandemic. By 2026, They Remind Me of Where Virginia Started

June 28, 2026

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"More than 20 years apart, why Logitech reminds me of Virginia"