Practical thinking on growth, operations, technology & AI.

No hype, no jargon — durable thinking organized around four areas: Growth & Scaling, Operations & Systems, Technology, and AI & AI-Era Business.

Your AI tool is live. Your team isn’t using it.

A client’s AI rollout stalled when the tool went live before the people were ready. Here’s what business owners should put in place first.

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Everybody Gets Defensive AI. And I Mean It.

AI is changing how quickly vulnerabilities get found, and defensive AI is becoming a baseline expectation. Three questions to ask your IT provider.

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The Surge in Suspicious Emails Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

How agentic AI is changing the speed, scale, and sophistication of cybercrime, and why businesses need to prepare for what comes next.

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I’ll ChatGPT It.

A casual “I’ll ChatGPT it” may be a small signal of a big shift. Google still leads, so don’t optimize for everything — find where your customers actually start.

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The Machines Are Eating the Internet

Machine traffic to the web keeps climbing and more shoppers are letting AI shortlist businesses for them. What that means for how you show up now.

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AI Changed Customer Discovery. We're Still Figuring Out How to Measure It.

AI added a new layer to how customers find businesses. Where to start, why it's hard to measure, and what to ask before trusting an AI visibility score.

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You Hired for Capacity. So Why Did Everyone Get Busier?

Why adding headcount to a growing service business often creates more work instead of more capacity — and the operational gap that's actually behind it.

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Is It a Technology Problem, a Process Problem, or an AI Problem?

A simple diagnostic for figuring out what's actually broken before you spend money fixing the wrong thing.

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Practical AI for Business

Adair's ongoing exploration of what AI actually means for business — what's working, what's hype, and what's worth paying attention to.

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