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The Strange Capitalism of AI
AI’s frontier is becoming more governed and expensive in the West, even as China and open-weight models commoditize intelligence, lower prices and force competition back into the market.
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How new capabilities become useful, durable, or merely fashionable.
13 entries
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 6 MIN READ
First Movers Don’t Win In Technology. Last Movers Do.
In tech, first is rarely best. The winners are the ones who wait for the fog to clear, then move decisively when the category is legible.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
The Next AI Breakthrough Isn’t Technical - It’s UX
The next leap in AI will not come from a bigger model alone. It will come from interfaces that make intelligence feel obvious, useful, and inevitable.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 5 MIN READ
How AI Will Disrupt Incumbents and Erase Traditional Margins
AI does not just make markets bigger; it compresses the margins that once protected incumbents.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 4 MIN READ
The AI Phenomenon: Enduring Innovation vs. Temporary Hype
Not every AI surge is a bubble. Some are real platform shifts wearing bubble-like clothes.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
Navigating the Final Frontier: Antifragility in Building Tech CoE Teams
Great teams are not just resilient under stress. They get stronger because they are built to absorb volatility without losing direction.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
The Nature of AI Hype
AI hype is real, but so is the underlying shift. The hard part is separating durable capability from the market's favorite storyline.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
Beyond Efficiency: The Transformative Power of AI in Revolutionizing Business Models
AI's real power is not shaving costs off old businesses. It is inventing new ones that were impossible when intelligence was scarce.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
Hotel? Trivago - Digital Transformation?
Digital transformation is not a slide deck upgrade. It is the hard work of changing how a business creates value, not just how it presents itself.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
Why Should We Have Fan-Theories In Our Workplace?
Workplaces need the energy of fan communities: curiosity, shared language, and people who care enough to debate the world they are building.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 3 MIN READ
Why should your Innovation-Team be like Star Trek's Starship Enterprise
Innovation teams fail when they become hobbies. They thrive when they operate like a disciplined crew with a mission, roles, and mutual trust.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 6 MIN READ
How to Champion Technology Disruptions in Your Organisation.
A disruptive idea does not need more noise. It needs a coalition, a narrative, and a path through the org chart.
ESSAY · LinkedIn · 5 MIN READ
What Jurassic Park Teaches About Ideas, Business-led IT & What CIOs Can Do About It?
Great ideas rarely fail on logic alone. They fail when business and IT treat innovation like a parked asset instead of a shared operating model.
