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Agent Mode: Microsoft’s Next Leap Toward Automated Workspaces
Agent Mode == Macros for Everything Microsoft is transforming Office into an agentic workspace. Copilots can now plan, reason, and iterate across Microsoft 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams This is a shift from single prompts to multi-step workflows. Agent Mode is live on the web for Excel and Word via the Frontier program for Microsoft 365 Copilot customers and Microsoft 365 Personal/Family subscribers; PowerPoint coming. Desktop support is planned. Agent Mode
Sep 262 min read


Passing the Test Is Easy. True Value Lies in Wisdom, Not Knowledge
AI passes CFA Level III in minutes. Everyone's asking "will it take our jobs?" Wrong question. The real insight is that we just witnessed the end of knowledge hoarding as a career moat. For decades, professionals built careers on information asymmetry - knowing things others didn't. Pass the hard test. Guard the expertise. Bill by the hour. That game is over. But here's what's fascinating: As AI commoditizes technical knowledge, something unexpected emerges - the rise of the
Sep 242 min read


The Agentic AI Mesh: Building Tomorrow’s Organizational Engine Today
Every enterprise AI conversation is an operating model conversation. The headlines focus on job impact, but the trend line is about business model reinvention. Walmart's CEO recently state "AI is going to change literally every job." OpenAI's research confirms frontier models now match industry experts in deliverable quality. BUT here's what I'm seeing accelerate exponentially: We're entering the largest organizational paradigm shift since the industrial and digital revolutio
Sep 202 min read


The Seahorse Test: What Simple Questions Reveal About AI's True Nature
AI systems can write code and analyze complex data, but ask them about a seahorse emoji and they completely break down. This reveals...
Sep 153 min read


Helping Teams Build Real Confidence With AI
In almost every conversation I have had with customers this year, a moment stands out. Someone says, “I know AI can help me, I’m being asked to move fast, but I don’t know where to start. ” That hesitation tells the real story of AI adoption. The challenge goes beyond awareness. It is confidence, habit building, AND feeling safe to experiment. Teams feel pressure to move quickly, yet many hesitate because AI still feels abstract. The solution is not more documents or trainin
Sep 94 min read


Stop Repeating Yourself: AI Assistants That Remember Are Here
“I've also prepared a safety briefing for you to entirely ignore.” — JARVIS, Iron Man One of my favorite sci‑fi characters is JARVIS from...
Aug 143 min read


Bubble or Not, AI-Led Transformation Is Happening Now
We're living through the most profound technological shift since the Industrial Revolution, creating both unprecedented opportunities and...
Aug 114 min read


Is Big Tech's AI Gold Rush Paying Off? The Market Says Yes.
Big Tech is going all in on AI, and it appears to be paying off. In 2025, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Google, and Apple are spending close...
Aug 13 min read


AI Talent War 2.0 Has Begun—Here's What Most Are Missing ...
I’ve spent the last three years studying the most intense talent reshuffle in tech history. The numbers are staggering. But they tell a...
Jul 84 min read
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