Agents, AI, Change Management, Leadership, Technology, Uncategorized

Even Oracle Can’t Wave a Magic Wand: Why Most AI Rollouts Stall

Oracle has weaved itself into the digital infrastructures of the world’s biggest companies for decades with its database technology. The co-founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, finding a second wind, raced back up the charts to briefly become the wealthiest man in the world in September 2025, after investors rewarded Oracle’s shift to renting computing power… Continue reading Even Oracle Can’t Wave a Magic Wand: Why Most AI Rollouts Stall

AI, Critical Thinking, Judgment

What is a Horse: How Critical Thinking and Knowing What to Measure is Essential in the Age of AI

Did you read Hard Times, one of Charles Dickens’ many great novels? I’m sure I did…but that was decades ago. There is a character I remember from this classic 1854 novel: Thomas Gradgrind. What a great name. Dickens was brilliant with names - Wackford Squeers, Uriah Heep, Scrooge. Now, Gradgrind is a square-shaped, bald-headed, hardnosed… Continue reading What is a Horse: How Critical Thinking and Knowing What to Measure is Essential in the Age of AI