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Horizon Media’s AI takeover: Building an AI-first culture in less than one year

The new “super leader” has different skills
Today's leaders have a new problem ahead of them: How to transform their businesses into "supercompanies" by fundamentally rethinking the work they do every day.

Horizon Media’s AI takeover: Building an AI-first culture in less than one year
Horizon Media went from AI-nascent to 85% AI-certified in under a year by combining a company-wide mandate with protected learning time, visible CEO participation, and internal branding that made proficiency feel like a badge of honor.

The president went first on AI. Everyone else followed.
Sidearm Sports president George Scott drove company-wide AI adoption by getting deeply fluent himself first, making AI proficiency part of every employee’s performance review, and requiring a real capability baseline before letting anyone join the AI committee.

What makes an AI ambassador program actually stick
Agital, a digital marketing agency, built an AI ambassador program that actually works because they got specific where most programs stay vague - on selection, accountability, and goal-setting.

The 4 priority strategies for every marketer in Q1
This week, we heard from 8 marketing experts from companies like Estee Lauder, HubSpot, and Zapier on THE AI strategies that need to be in every CMO’s 2026 plan. Our own Head of Marketing, Rachel Fields, is sharing the 4 tactics on her own to-do list.

85% of workers don’t use AI for business value
Our latest AI proficiency research was released this week – and if you’re leading a team through AI transformation, you’re going to want to keep reading.

AI-native engineering: the 2/2/2 framework
Building an AI-native engineering team isn't just about using new tools. At Section, we use Domain-Driven Teams and the 2/2/2 framework to ship feature-complete value every six weeks.

How Klaviyo helped 1,800 employees find a great AI use case
In 2026, AI cannot be an optional career-builder for a handful of employees – it needs to be a business expectation for everyone in the company. Klaviyo took the first step into mandating AI use in Q4 and their AI Transformation Lead shared how it went.





