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5 surprising truths about Agentic AI in Supply Chain
The gap between what leaders expected from Agentic AI and what actually happened after go live. Five practical patterns from real deployment conversations.
Leading without the leash: what happens when you stop telling your team what to do
Six AI projects, five leaders, one instruction: this is yours. Some lit up. Others froze. What that reaction revealed about AI transformation.
The first 30 days: turning a dead AI tool into an operating standard
Your AI tool works. Data is clean. Outputs are accurate. Adoption sits at 30%. A week-by-week playbook for the only window that matters.
Why your best AI tool gets ignored
The tool works. The data is clean. Nobody uses it. The gap isn't technology — it's the layer between the tool and the team.
Why AI projects fail after launch — and the one structural fix
Most AI pilots ship, then quietly die. The reason isn't model quality. It's the structural gap between launch and operating rhythm.
Does your C-level actually use AI?
The executives pushing AI adoption the hardest are often the ones who have never used it themselves. The cobbler problem in 2026.
Creating hurts. Consuming feels good. Then the graphs cross.
A weekend with a paint roller and an AI engine. Why initial frustration is the price of entry — and why most people quit right before it pays off.
What did you do this weekend? Building an AI email agent.
On Sunday I built a working AI email management system. It worked. Only one thing scared me enough to shut it down.
They asked for AI. I gave them a mirror.
Former colleagues asked for "the AI solution." One hour later, we hadn't talked about AI once. They didn't need AI — they needed a process audit.
10 decision razors every leader should know
Your brain makes 35,000 decisions a day. Ten mental models that cut through complexity — from Occam to the Young & Old test.
3 decision razors that accelerated my career by 10 years
Comfort is the enemy of growth. Three razors I use to choose discomfort strategically — Uphill, Feynman, and the Rooms Razor.
The 2 razors that eliminated 80% of my supply chain drama
Occam's Razor plus Hanlon's Razor. How I stopped escalating fake crises and preserved mental energy for actual strategy.
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