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Stronger than State of the Art

Stronger than State of the Art

There is a critical difference between focusing on opportunities and being distracted. Good opportunities can cause us to lose focus on our market mix and our core customers. There is a time to pivot, and there is a time to avoid pivoting. So this leads us to the...
ROI is not ROG (Gambling)

ROI is not ROG (Gambling)

ROI (Return on Investment) vs. ROG (Return on Gambling) For many of us, we think that statement is obvious, something we would never do. Yet, it is something time, and experience has taught me nearly all of us would and have done without realizing it. We may have...
The AI Myth

The AI Myth

Angel or Devil? It seems those who look at chatGPT think it is one or the other. Franklin D. Roosevelt used the phrase, “nothing to fear but fear itself”. People have started to talk about chatGPT as the manifestation of fear or the devil. Others have...
Why Business First Technologies

Why Business First Technologies

Inside our workplaces, there is a familiar tension between business-focused objectives and technology-focused objectives.  Technology, in business terms, is like a division of a company. It is therefore not surprising that many businesses form a division called IT, or...