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20 questions about 2027 AI budget planning

You'll get a lot of questions from your CFO about AI budgets in 2027. Here's how to answer them.

AI budget
AI strategy
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5 ways to get managers to lead your AI strategy

You need your people managers translating strategy into behavior. Here's how to inspire them to action.

AI
Management
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2026 was the year of the agent. 2027 is the year of computer use.

Get ready for the era of AI that uses your computer just like you do.

AI
Computer use
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You're probably hiring the wrong Head of AI

If your Head of AI is a technologist with no change management skills or systems thinking, you might need to go back to the drawing board.

AI strategy
Head of AI
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How to evaluate a new model release (and why the benchmarks can't do it for you)

Should you be using the latest and greatest AI model? And if so, what for?

AI
Models
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You want AI ROI? Know what drives your business

Getting AI ROI starts with understanding your key business drivers and how AI could accelerate them.

AI ROI
AI strategy
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4 steps to attracting and keeping the best talent in business (even if you're not Google)

You don't need to be a big tech firm to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent. Here's our four-step process for doing it right.

Talent acquisition
Talent management
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Which skills matter? Employees and L&D leaders don’t always agree [research]

Which skills matter in the modern workplace – to get promoted, to get ahead, to impact the business? It turns out that employees and learning leaders don’t always agree.

We recently surveyed 10,000 students and 250 learning leaders on the skills that are their biggest priority in 2023.

talent management
leadership development
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Want to build the next Airbnb? 4 steps to get started

Airbnb changed the way we travel without purchasing any hotels. Uber made it easier to get around without amassing their own fleet. And DoorDash took care of breakfast without cracking a single egg.

The common thread between these companies is that they’re platform businesses. Rather than selling products directly, they’re providing a platform that conveniently connects sellers and buyers.

How do you follow in their footsteps? Here are four steps that can help you build a platform of your own.

platform
product strategy
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Why most corporate learning offerings suck (and how to fix it)

What percentage of employees actually use the skills they learn in L&D programs at their jobs?

Twelve percent.

If these numbers sound rough, that’s because they are...

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The three skills that actually matter to business growth

Do you ever look at a company like Google or Netflix and think, “I know we could be that successful – if only we had their people on our team”? 

The bad news: It’s impossibly expensive to recruit talent from the top tech companies.

The good news: You can develop this type of talent in-house, if you zero in on the skills that actually matter to drive business growth.

To help you, our research team looked at 100 of today’s top-performing organizations and identified the business skills that matter. 

These are the skills that should be your top priority in talent development. So let’s get started.

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The Agentic Enterprise Strategy Summit

How to build, deploy, and govern AI agents in enterprise organizations

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