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Your AI Tactics Are Not A Strategy. Here’s How Leaders Can Build a Sustainable Competitive Edge.
We're in the midst of an AI gold rush, but too many are panning in the wrong river. Every week brings another announcement from OpenAI,...
Oct 97 min read


You Can't Soar Alone: Why AI Transformation Demands Both Growth and Partnership
We're living through one of those rare moments when everything we thought we knew about business is being rewritten. And if you're like...
Oct 13 min read


The AI-Native Advertising Agency: A Strategic Approach to AI Investment.
The next generation of advertising agencies is here. The advertising industry stands at a critical juncture. While agencies rush to...
Sep 254 min read


The Inner Game of AI Transformation: Why Competing with Yourself Beats Competing with Others
In the relentless rush toward AI adoption, most organizations are playing the wrong game entirely. They're obsessing over what...
Sep 185 min read


The AI Transformation Paradox: Why Everyone's Reading the Same Report Differently
Everyone's talking about the same MIT study showing enterprise AI failures, but here's what's fascinating: every industry expert is...
Sep 124 min read


Beyond the Hype: Why AI Transformation Requires More Than Technology—And How Leaders Can Get It Right
According to a recent MIT study, 95% of generative AI projects in businesses fail to deliver meaningful results. This failure rate should...
Aug 2710 min read


The Mirror Test: Why AI Transformation Reveals More About Your Organization Than Your Technology.
My mind keeps going back to a conversation with a CTO who proudly announced their company had deployed "thousands of AI agents" across...
Aug 184 min read


The AI Wake-Up Call: Why Advertising Agencies Are Failing the Future
New AI Clothes, Old Mindset The advertising industry is experiencing its most significant transformation since the digital revolution,...
Jul 227 min read


What Does It Really Mean to Go AI Native? Beyond the Buzzwords and Into Reality 🚀
The phrase "AI native" has become the latest corporate mantra, echoing through boardrooms and strategy sessions worldwide. But beneath...
Jul 143 min read


Why 80% of AI Projects Fail (And How to Be in the 20%)
The statistics can be daunting. While exact figures vary, it's widely acknowledged that a significant majority—some reports suggest as...
Jul 33 min read


The Industry's Crossroads: From Spectacle to Substance
Last week, I wrote about the Cannes 2025 paradox—how the advertising industry celebrates while facing fundamental challenges. The...
Jun 303 min read


CMOs have the shortest C-suite tenure. AI is the path to strategic relevance.
A recent Forbes article highlighted a sobering reality: Marketing leaders are seen as cost centers, not revenue drivers. The piece...
Jun 263 min read


Meta's 2026 plan: Your brand becomes their product.
Meta and Facebook Performing Advertising Operations Meta wants to run your entire advertising operation by 2026. Full campaign creation,...
Jun 232 min read


Start Small, Win Big: The Real Path to AI Success for Your Business
Start small, innovate big! If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the AI buzz, you’re not alone. Every day, headlines shout about...
May 192 min read


How Advanced AI Personalisation Transforms Brand Storytelling and Advocacy
When AI personalisation evolves beyond basic targeting to understand cognitive patterns and value systems, it fundamentally transforms...
Apr 143 min read


The Data Collaboration Paradigm: Why Your Marketing AI is Only as Good as Your Data Pipeline
In a world drowning in data but starving for insights, the secret weapon lies not in the sheer volume of data or access to the latest...
Apr 72 min read


Predictive Marketing Intelligence: How AI Transforms Content Performance and ROI
Predictive Marketing Intelligence The New Frontier of Marketing Intelligence In today's hyper-competitive digital landscape, marketing...
Mar 252 min read


The In-House Revolution: How Data & AI are Transforming Enterprise Marketing
The in-house marketing revolution: How Data & AI drive a paradigm shift. The marketing landscape is experiencing a seismic shift. Major...
Jan 313 min read


Innovation & Transformation in Advertising Through Data & AI: Weekly Insights
Is this the end of the advertising agency world, as we know it? This week, I've been exploring the critical challenges advertising...
Dec 13, 20242 min read


Action and progress over perfection
I frequently come across people who know there is something they need to change, there is a new path they want to follow, a new activity...
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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