AI in Practice

Things worth knowing about AI in your business.

Thinking on AI adoption, expertise, and what actually works inside real businesses.

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July 9, 2026 AI Adoption

I Trained to Become a Dating Coach. It's the Same Skill AI Needs From You.

Most people think AI needs technical skill. It needs a clear ask. Here's the four-part communication skill, borrowed from relationship coaching, that fixes generic AI output for good.

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July 23, 2026 AI Consulting

What does an AI implementation consultant actually do?

The difference between an AI implementation consultant and a developer, a software vendor, or a general AI consultant. And why it matters for expertise-led businesses.

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July 23, 2026 AI Consulting

AI consulting for small businesses: what to expect

What actually happens when a small business works with an AI consultant, from the first conversation through to something that works in practice.

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July 23, 2026 AI Strategy

Why AI doesn't sound like you, and how to fix it

AI-generated copy sounds generic because the AI doesn't know your business. Prompts help but they are not the full fix.

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July 9, 2026 Conscious AI Adoption

I Called My AI Dumb. I Was the Dumb One.

When AI runs eighty tool calls and makes a mess, the instinct is to blame the tool. It's almost never the tool. Why the reflex to blame AI is ego, and what prompt discipline actually looks like.

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July 2, 2026 AI Strategy

There Was a Moment Like This Before. It Was Called Blogging.

The same first-mover advantage that made early bloggers rich from Google search just reopened. It's called AI visibility, and most businesses don't know the window exists yet.

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June 16, 2026 AI Strategy

The hallucination trust gap

57% of businesses now name AI errors as their top threat. Not because AI gets things wrong. Because it gets things wrong while looking completely right.

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June 16, 2026 AI Strategy

FOBO: Fear of Becoming Obsolete, and why it hits hardest when you're still winning

There's a name for the feeling that AI is making your expertise irrelevant. It's called FOBO, Fear of Becoming Obsolete. Here's what it is and what to do about it.

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June 15, 2026 AI Strategy

I didn't notice for two days. My AI chief of staff had been making up the news.

I built an AI agent to run my mornings. For two days, he made up the news. Here's what that taught me about AI adoption.

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June 15, 2026 Agentic AI

Wrestling with agentic AI, Part 1

I'm building my own AI agent and it's equal parts exciting and humbling. Come along for the ride.

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June 11, 2026 AI Strategy

What "chat is dead" means for consultants and service businesses

A senior OpenAI employee just declared the chatbot era over. Here's what that shift means for consultants and service businesses.

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June 11, 2026 AI Tools

ChatGPT vs Claude vs Perplexity: What each AI tool is actually for

You've got three tabs open and you're not sure which one to use for what. A plain-language breakdown of the main AI tools for business owners.

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