Articles on Hype Cycle

Companies poured $109B into AI in 2024, yet productivity stats haven't moved. Is this an infrastructure build-out or a sophisticated bubble?

Renaming your analytics dashboard to 'AI Insights Platform' isn't strategy — it's AI washing. Here's why that creates compounding strategic debt.

An AI architect posted 'Naive RAG sucks' with no explanation. When experts stop explaining trade-offs, leaders make million-dollar decisions on opinions.

Stop planning the AI revolution. Companies winning with AI focus on steady improvements to basic operations, not flashy transformation projects.

Start with business problems, not AI solutions. Here's how to separate real AI opportunities from expensive distractions — and when to wait.

AI moves fast, but strategic principles don't change. Here's how to apply timeless thinking to navigate the compressed AI hype cycle.

AI Agents are part real advancement, part marketing rebrand. Here's how to cut through the hype and find where they actually deliver value.

AI moves fast. Here's a practical approach for business leaders to stay current with what matters without drowning in every announcement.

While everyone chases ChatGPT, the real AI revolution is about augmenting human thinking — not automating tasks. Most organizations are missing it.

Are companies failing at big data? Sure...but I think that's just because most companies are still very early in the learning cycle for big data.