All Cloud Infrastructure Booms as Data Demand Explodes
AWS and Azure both surging simultaneously. Oracle climbing. Elasticsearch tripled. It's not one cloud winning. It's ALL infrastructure growing as data demand outpaces capacity. The foundation layer is on fire.
No‑code AI Agents Abstract Engineering, Not Eliminate It
🚫 “No-code AI agents” is not about skipping engineering. ✅ It’s about abstracting it. This visual captures a critical shift: AI agents are becoming products assembled from capabilities, not systems engineered from scratch. Here’s the executive breakdown 👇 1️⃣ Start...
Pitch UX as Risk Reduction, Not Just Experience
I was talking with a designer at a large heritage organization recently. He's the only UX person on the team, and he's been struggling with something I see all the time: getting product owners and business analysts to see the...
80% of Fortune 500 Deploy Low‑Code AI Agents
Agentic AI Surges Into the Enterprise: Fortune 500 Lead the Charge “Microsoft has revealed a very significant figure: more than 80% of Fortune 500 companies have active AI agents built with low-code/no-code tools.” https://t.co/oDaL4iJN1G @Microsoft https://t.co/kq0HBnSaeO
Insist on Direct Client Contact to Avoid Scope Drift
I was chatting with someone this week who's stuck working through an intermediate. They've got a freelancer between them and the actual client, and decisions keep getting made without them in the room. I've been in this situation more times than...
Autonomous Networks Evolve Into KPI‑Driven Economic Strategy
At #MWC26 one theme stood out at the @Ericsson pavilion: Autonomous networks are no longer just about automation. They are becoming an economic strategy, where intent-driven architectures align network behavior directly with business KPIs. My latest analysis. https://t.co/eC7D8S6bFP #AI @MWCHub @GSMA
From Shoe Shop to Boardroom: Real Leadership Lessons
Here’s something I shouldn’t be sharing, but here it is. In this exclusive podcast, I reflect on my years of experience working with CEOs and boards around the world. I share an inside story on how businesses evolve, revealing lessons I’ve...
USPS Hires Advisers to Tackle Mounting Financial Woes
The U.S. Postal Service is hiring restructuring advisers to help address its increasing financial troubles, Postmaster General David Steiner told Reuters in an interview. https://t.co/5x45UAESKf
Curiosity Drives Job Satisfaction and Financial Innovation
#TimTalk - Explain the upward trend between high curiosity & KPIs like job satisfaction & financial innovation? with Dr. Debra Clary https://t.co/z3MHEqIDr1 via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management
Turn Constraints Into Leverage, Not Just Problems
If you see only problems, you’re not being rigorous—you’re being narrow. Every constraint contains information about leverage. Every bottleneck reveals where design failed. A problem-only lens distorts reality; it overweights friction and underweights optionality. Clarity means seeing both the obstacle...
Outdated IT Policies Still Block AI, Others Deploy Freely
It is amazing how many companies I talk to STILL have AI effectively blocked by IT & legal departments for out-of-date reasons when many companies in highly regulated industries have figured out ways to deploy enterprise ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini...
From AI Experimentation to Enterprise Impact at GTC
Heading to @nvidia #GTC. I’m looking beyond the headlines to what actually matters for enterprises: • AI infrastructure for production workloads • Model efficiency + cost economics • Agentic systems in real workflows • Governance, security, and risk • Customer deployments at scale AI is shifting...
CIOs Must Evolve: AI Drives Strategic Leadership
AI is rewriting the rulebook for leadership. 🤖📈 @Gartner_inc reveals how CIOs must evolve as AI transforms the workplace. It’s time to move beyond the hype and use AI for real strategic planning and continuous improvement. Read more here: https://t.co/XDAHd3CquP #GartnerIT #CIO #AI...
Know Your KPI Levers, Not Just Acquisition Numbers
If you can’t explain how to deliberately move a KPI, you don’t understand your growth. High acquisition doesn’t mean high value. The real question: Are you attracting customers you actually want? Curiosity about your data > more dashboards. #KPI #CLV #BusinessStrategy #MarketingStrategy #Leadership
Smart AI Metrics Need Guardrails to Prevent Gaming
Smart metrics don’t just measure performance, they shape behavior. If we’re deploying #AI across the enterprise, we need guardrails against metric gaming from day one. Governance isn’t a brake on innovation, it’s what makes transformation durable. Especially as agentic systems enter ops. https://t.co/r792RxQbTa...
CIOs Must Prepare for Uncertain, High‑Impact HNDL Threat
A strategic roadmap for the post-quantum CIO | @CIOonline https://t.co/UgFtyYdqYb My take: Harvest now, decode later (HNDL) is one of the hardest threats for CIOs to prepare for. Because it’s entirely unclear how big an issue really is. But probably...
Humility in Leadership: Unaffordable Luxury?
#TimTalk - It being tender and humble in leadership a luxury that we cannot afford? with Urs Koenig https://t.co/TBYkZ1cTns via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management #Inspiration https://t.co/gEy5sf0WFi
Dedicated AI Labs Drive Real Value in Large Enterprises
Kli is doing awesome work at Colgate-Palmolive & his results provide a really good example of the benefits of having a dedicated "AI Lab" inside of large companies run by a company veteran who actually gets what these sorts of...
Telcos Must Fuse AI, 6G, Quantum to Win
Just finished my segment on @theCUBE from #MWC26, 5th year in a row. @furrier and I had a great discussion on what it takes for telcos to win this time, where AI, #6G and #QuantumComputing are going to converge in...
AI Deployment Becomes Core Operational Strategy, Not Just Tech
Transitioning AI from Code to Infrastructure Strategy - successful deployment of AI within Rail, Transport, Utilities & Asset Management is no longer a technical challenge to be solved in a vacuum. It's s a fundamental shift in operational strategy. https://t.co/LgBJKWUDA4
Honest Feedback Prevents Costly Pivots and Builds Credibility
Had a tough conversation this week where I had to deliver some hard truths about a product launch. The metrics looked okay on the surface. But when we dug deeper, the conversion story wasn't adding up. It would have been easy to...
AI‑Powered Monetization Boosts Telco Revenue at MWC
From @GoogleCloud booth at #MWC26: An interesting use case of AI driven monetization for Telcos (aka CSPs). @dvellante @rseroter @furrier @stephr_wong @dee_bosa https://t.co/mCJUbRzTiM
Security Duties Persist; Breach Itself Is Violation
A UK court just ruled: security duties don't disappear even if hackers can't read what they stole. The breach itself is the violation. Meanwhile, GDPR surged 220% in a single day. Privacy isn't a checkbox anymore. It's becoming infrastructure. https://t.co/uNnssaoO6P
Balancing Fast Innovation with Long‑Term Infrastructure Resilience
The Velocity of Innovation vs. The Stability of Infrastructure - how do you build a resilient operational strategy when the tools you are using today may be obsolete before the concrete on your new substation has even cured? Click NOW...
$100K Operator Cost Drives Excavator Automation Push
#WhosNext? Excavator operators? At roughly $100,000 per oprator per year the incentive is there to implement #Automation. #Robotics https://t.co/PU2fE6SGyL
AI Needs Purpose: Align Automation With Business Strategy
Every company wants the best AI stack. But few are asking the real question: To what end? If you automate everything and answer anything… what does your business actually stand for? AI without strategy is just noise. #AI #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #Innovation #TechStrategy
Autonomy Shifts From Tech Goal to Economic Strategy
For years, telecom has talked about automation as a technical ambition. Closed loops. AI-driven optimization. Zero-touch operations. The language has been consistent, almost ritualistic. But what became clear at MWC26 was not just that automation was advancing, it was that...
CEOs Converge to Shape IT Services' Future
AV check this morning at XChange March. Getting ready to explore the future of IT services with a room full of CEOs shaping where this industry goes next. The best conversations happen before the lights go on. Real operators. Real strategy. Real transformation. Proud to be...
Adoption Lags Behind Hype in AgeTech Innovation
Check out my latest article: When Adoption Doesn’t Match the Hype Cycle #agetech #innovation #leadership #longevityeconomy https://t.co/y3hDtFpW3R via @LinkedIn https://t.co/hbppj0hBbK
Personal Accountability Cleans up Stale Website Content
I worked with a university a few years back that had a problem most organizations have. Their website was full of outdated rubbish, and nobody would fix it. We tried something that probably sounds obvious in hindsight. Every page got assigned...
Radical Humility Replaces the Outdated Hero Boss Model
#TimTalk - Radical Humility: Why the "Hero Boss" is Dead (and what to do instead) with Urs Koenig https://t.co/24g0kLLxXC
Top 10 Machine Learning Trends Shaping 2025
How could you use no-code AI to boost your projects? Top 10 Machine Learning Trends to Watch in 2025 https://t.co/e65AsSHtq4 #AI #MachineLearning #IoT #WMC26 #5G
AI Is Now Executing Work, Reshaping SaaS and Ops
🚨 In the last ~10 days, the AI future of work essentially arrived. We just got a new class of products: AI that directly carries out work for us, instead of just chatting. It’ll rewrite SaaS, ops, governance faster than most orgs...
Clear Identity Beats Silicon Valley Copycats for Incumbents
Disruption doesn’t kill companies. Identity confusion does. Lessons from my conversation with John Fallon on why copying Silicon Valley playbooks fails and what actually lets incumbents survive change. #Strategy #Leadership #Outthinker @LHH_Global https://t.co/VgKcJLvHsZ
Learn How Companies Navigate ITFM and FinOps Today
It's not too late. Join us this morning at 11 ET to learn more about how companies are navigating ITFM & FinOPs. Register here: https://t.co/jhHi37D4iJ
Ask What AI Is Actually Doing, Not What It Could
Everyone's asking "What can AI do?" Better question: "What is AI actually doing right now, in orgs already running it?" Only one helps you make a decision. 5 operational questions. Implementation reality over capability promises. Swipe. https://t.co/DWaa32oHgH
From Masks to Monetization: 5G’s Enterprise Evolution
There’s something powerful about looking back at moments that quietly shaped where we are today. Throwback to #MWC22 in Barcelona, when the world was just emerging from lockdowns. Masks were still mandatory, even during interviews, and yet the conversations were anything...
AI Now Embedded in Telecom Networks, Driving Revenue
AI in telecom has crossed the pilot phase. 66% are actively using AI. 90% report revenue lift + cost reduction. Network automation now leads ROI. The real story? AI is moving into the network fabric — edge inference, agentic AI, AI-native RAN ahead of...
Mistakes Reveal Constraints, Sharpen Strategy in Complex Systems
We talk about strategy as if it’s linear. It rarely is. Careers pivot. Investments misfire. Assumptions collapse. A wrong turn isn’t always an error—it’s information. It reveals constraints you couldn’t see from the original map. In complex systems, detours refine...
Automation Streamlines Sweet Potato Packaging, Boosting Predictability
#WhosNext? Sweet Potato packers? Thanks to #Automation the packaging of Sweet Potatoes has become a lot easier and a lot more predictable. (Eshet Eilon) #Robotics https://t.co/i11AbtXK0Y
Human‑AI Collaboration Unlocks Exponential Work Transformation
I didn't write this to add to the noise about AI replacing jobs. I wrote it because the real story...human + AI achieving things neither can alone...needs to be the real story. "Work Reimagined" is a blueprint for exponential performance...
Louis Gerstner, IBM Reviver, Born March 1, 1942
#ThisDayInTechHistory. March 1, 1942. Louis Gerstner was born. Most known for his crucial role as CEO and chairman in revitalizing IBM from 1993 to 2002, and his significant publications. (Opus) #Computer #History https://t.co/3Mw675ZZme
CEOs Ignoring CLV Miss Their Business's Core Value
A shocking number of successful CEOs can’t clearly define CLV. Customer Lifetime Value isn’t just a metric. It’s a long-term strategy lens. If you don’t know your customers’ lifetime value, you don’t know your business. #CLV #CustomerLifetimeValue #MarketingStrategy #CEO #BusinessGrowth
AI Reaches Level 3: Autonomous Agents Replace Knowledge Work
Howard Marks published a memo arguing AI has hit "Level 3" autonomous agents replacing knowledge work https://t.co/E247Ol9zBc #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/qf0jBUHUcx
Unlock Hidden Genius to Accelerate Innovation and Results
What are we reading? Title: “Ideas to Action - Unlock your organization’s hidden genius to ignite innovation and accelerate results” Author: Rick Tucci Publisher: FriesenPress, Inc. @friesenpress #Sales #Marketing #Leadership #SocialSelling #Books https://t.co/2NWNAUND5Z https://t.co/W0A5IYpHmB
From AI Hype to Enterprise Agentic Workforce
Heading to Munich next week for #Nexus2026. ✈️ As we move past the "AI hype" cycle of the last two years, I’m increasingly focused on how the enterprise transitions from experimental pilots to a truly Agentic AI workforce. Specifically, I’m looking...
Turn Competitors Into Teachers to Sharpen Strategy
RT @VisionEdgeMktg 🎲 Your competitors are your best teachers. Learn from their moves, improve your strategy. https://t.co/18U3uzzFhM #CompetitiveIntelligence #StrategicPlanning #MarketAnalysis
Tech Giants Quiet, AI Capex Soars, Building Phase Begins
Every major tech player lost momentum this week. Google 93%. OpenAI 92%. Anthropic 91%. But AI capex hit $700 billion. The headline writers see decline. I see the building phase starting. When everyone goes quiet at the same time, they haven't stopped. They've...
AI's Seven-Stage Journey Reaches Agent Era
🎯 Scaling Ascent Peak: The Seven Summits of Artificial Intelligence 📈 From Symbolic AI to LLMs and now AI Agents, we’ve reached a pivotal stage. These systems don’t just generate information—they act, learn, and orchestrate complex workflows across digital ecosystems....
Assess IT Spend ROI Amid AI‑Driven FinOps
Are you getting a return from your IT investments or just burning cash? Tomorrow, I'll be participating in a webinar with @Apptio and SunStream Business Services about the realities of FinOps in a dynamic market. Apptio will share its latest...