I’ve had this Charles Dickens quote about why he frequently declined invitations on my mind for a while now: “‘It is only half an hour’— ‘it is only an afternoon’ — ‘it is only an evening’— people say to me over and over again — but they don’t know that…

Recently I gave a keynote presentation at a networking event on how AI is changing everything about business. The group included high-profile brand leaders whose businesses ranged from venture-backed startups to global companies. The minute the presentations were over and the lights went up, I was barraged with questions. As…

Threads is Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt at a Twitter killer. WTF is Threads? Threads is a new social platform ruffling feathers in Elon’s Twitter-sphere. Whether the MMA cage match between Elon and Zuck happens, Threads has already been nicknamed a Twitter Killer, and it’s not difficult to see why. It’s the spitting image of Twitter in UX, but don’t be fooled — this…

Not everything, just the robotic tasks that wear down my batteries. — I know I said it in the title of this article, but I’m saying it again: I can’t wait for AI to replace me. Let me clarify because I’m not talking about letting robots do what I love doing, like teaching other founders how to leverage creativity and curiosity to…

Stop thinking forward — start thinking backward — When was the last time a business forecast that got presented to you or that you presented was completely accurate in reality? If you’re like most business leaders, you’re likely thinking never. According to Gartner, only approximately 45% of sales leaders and sellers feel highly confident in their company’s forecasting…

AI is prompting us to do better design. — There’s no question that AI is revolutionizing design — hell; it’s already an indispensable tool that I constantly use to help me condense the time from idea to action in my professional and personal life. Now, with the advent of GPT-4, the just-released multi-modal product from Open AI, the promise…

If you are the founder of a services business, you’re probably in therapy or in desperate need of help. Look, it’s not your fault — a knowledge-driven business is one of the hardest to scale, especially if what you do is super custom and can’t easily be productized. Add to…

Expand your toolkit for greater success — If there’s one piece of advice every founder has to take to heart, it’s this: as you build your company, you don’t want to be working in your business — you want to work on your business. To do this, you need not just a skillset but a mindset to…

When you think about AI, what springs to mind? You’re not alone if you instantly get an image of some dystopian, sci-fi reality where it’s people vs. machines. From The Terminator to The Matrix and endless pixel points in between, we have an idea of what happens when robots get…