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August 25, 2025

How to find AI workflows that actually translate to ROI

AI is pointing out a big point of weakness in a lot of organizations: too few can actually name the value-generating processes that drive revenue. So Machine & Partners’ Ed Ortega is giving you his 5 step framework for doing just that.

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Greg Shove
Edmundo Ortega
7 mins
For students
AI
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August 21, 2025

Losing Our Minds To AI

Let’s have the hard conversation: Yes, AI reliance will atrophy your brain. But knowing that ahead of time can help you get ahead of it – before it impacts your job.

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
10 mins
For students
AI
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August 14, 2025

Ex-OpenAI exec: Leaders lack AI conviction

ICs get a lot of the blame for stalling or failing AI deployments. But former OpenAI executive,  Zack Kass, says they could very well be the scapegoats for scrambling leadership.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
7 mins
For students
AI
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August 8, 2025

What you really need to know about ChatGPT-5

ICYMI, OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 . If your head is still spinning from the other 6 models they’ve released this year, here’s our guide on what’s different and what you actually need to pay attention to.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
9 mins
For students
AI
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March 3, 2023

3 steps to uncover your real competitors (hint: they may not be who you think)

April Dunford is a product positioning expert who helps executives zero in on the real competitive alternatives to their product.

In this post, we’ll share some of her tips.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
3 mins
For students
Product positioning
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March 3, 2023

7 steps to writing a powerful sales pitch

In life, great stories can have a profound impact. Hence why you (we) wept like a baby at the end of Titanic.

But great stories don’t just belong on the big screen. Their power belongs in the business world too. The key to a sales pitch that wins clients, gets business, and drives results? You guessed it. Storytelling. 

In this post, we’re going to walk you through positioning master April Dunford’s sales story framework. This is the narrative that helps you easily communicate the unique value of your product to customers.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
8 mins
For students
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March 3, 2023

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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Greg Shove
Section Staff
4 minutes
For companies

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