Essays on AI implementation, governance, and stewardship in the small and mid-sized business context.
Most consultancies do not publish their philosophy. They publish their services, their case studies, and their pricing, and they hope the philosophy comes through implicitly. We have done the opposite. The SageKeeper…
Position13 min read · Failure ModesThe number is widely cited and disturbingly accurate: roughly 95 percent of AI pilots in SMBs do not make it past proof of concept. The pilot gets built. The team uses it for a few weeks. Initial enthusiasm gives way to…
Failure Modes14 min read · The Role ExplainedThe phrase "Fractional Chief AI Officer" has gone from non-existent to common in the space of about eighteen months. Anyone watching the SMB advisory market has noticed it. The role is being marketed by consultancies of…
The Role Explained13 min read · MeasurementIf you cannot prove what your AI implementation is worth in dollars, you cannot defend it to your CFO, and you cannot decide whether to scale it. This is the single most common failure mode we see in SMB AI projects:…
Measurement12 min read · FoundationsMost small and mid-sized businesses get the same advice when they ask where to start with AI. Pick a department. Find a workflow. Build a pilot. The advice is not wrong, but it is unhelpfully vague. The companies that…
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