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Practitioners, not resellers.

Writing from the work — what we see inside real modernization programs, what's working, and what keeps going wrong. One gated resource, clearly marked. Everything else is free to read.

Featured analysis

Everyone adopted AI. Almost nobody got paid.

Nine in ten organizations use AI. Around six percent capture real value from it. We went through the research on what separates those two groups — and it isn't the technology they chose.

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Analysis

The labs say AI is working. Independent research says it isn't.

Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta report one picture. McKinsey, PwC and Gartner report another. What explains the gap.

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Article

Why most AI pilots stall — and what the ones that don't have in common

Five failure patterns, each with an early signal you can check before committing budget.

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Method

Eliminate before you automate

Automating a wasteful process buries the waste at a cost. The order of operations is the whole game.

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Method

The business case that passes finance

Four questions your CFO is obligated to ask, and the structure that answers them.

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Guide

Evaluating an AI vendor when you're not technical

Six questions that separate a real capability from packaging. None require technical knowledge.

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Method

The 90-day modernization sprint, explained

Diagnosis to first measurable result inside a quarter — and the three constraints that make it fit.

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Resource · Free

The Modernization Playbook

Our flagship guide to sequencing change when everything feels urgent. Six chapters, emailed to you.

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The evidence

What the research actually says.

Our running summary of the published findings on AI adoption and value capture — with our reading of what each one means in practice.

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