This week's intelligence.
The C-Suite Admits the Strategy Was Theatre
Fifty-four percent of CEOs now say AI is tearing their company apart. Seventy-five percent say the strategy is for show. The confession is the signal.
Nine Sectors, Three Signals, One Pattern
The WRITER admission, the Stanford confirmation, and Baker McKenzie's AI-labelled layoff land in every sector differently. Here is the cut.
India, GCC, Africa
The C-suite admission, the Stanford confirmation, and the Baker McKenzie precedent land differently in Mumbai, Riyadh, and Nairobi. Here is the regional read.
Why Your AI Transformation Is Failing, and What to Do Instead
A first-person essay. The C-suite just admitted the strategy is theatre. Here is why, from someone who spent thirty years selling transformation programmes, and a framework for what doing it right actually looks like.
Light Edition, Issue 005
A lighter Hot Skills this week: three skills appreciating, one depreciating fast, one emerging that did not exist in the enterprise vocabulary six months ago.