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Why I Gate the “How” — Not the “Why”
January 22, 2026
I would rather deal with people who are more interested in being right than those who are more fearful of being wrong.
14 Years Later, Same Question: What Is Gartner Actually For?
December 27, 2025
Five AI models scored 10 recent Gartner graphics. Clarity: 6.8. Promotional: 7.3. Likelihood of reversing the 80% failure rate: 2.7. I first asked today's question in 2011. Still waiting.
How Many Analyst Firms and Consultancies Shared This Information and These Numbers (2000 to 2025)?
September 14, 2025
Two Questions: Can you solve a problem no one acknowledges, AND 2 Can Agentic AI succeed without active human involvement?
Is It Time For ProcureTech To Start Its Own “Dynasty” Reality League?
October 24, 2024
When a ProcureTech initiative goes off the rails, what responsbility if any do Analysts, Consulting Firms like a KPMG, or research firms like Gartner have?
Assimilating Innovation (Part 2 of 3): Does Steve Sabol bias govern industry bloggers coverage? by Jon Hansen
April 15, 2013
In 1969 Steve Sabol produced a 22-minute review of Super Bowl III for NFL Films. In his pro-National Football League stance, Sabol focused more on the sore-armed Johnny Unitas’s valiant effort to rally Baltimore than on how the Jets made good on Joe Namath’s victory guarantee and beat the Colts, 16-7. Sabol, the president of […]
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Evidence Doesn’t Change Behavior — Until It Does
March 2, 2026
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It took 75 years for smoking rates to fall after the evidence was published. Enterprise technology failure rates haven't moved in 40. What finally breaks the pattern?