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Notes from the field on AI transformation

Notes from the field on AI transformation
If you're leading AI transformation, the highest-leverage investment you can make right now is activating your managers.

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 leadership 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.

Your employees are losing their minds to AI
AI dependence is already degrading cognitive capability in the workforce – and AI upskilling for employees needs to go beyond tools to protect the thinking that makes their work valuable.

The AI Conversation Is Growing Up
The AI conversation is growing up. And the companies pulling ahead are the ones who are moving fast from experimentation to system change.

The 3 AI strategy investments leaders should make in 2026
Here are the places leaders need to be investing resources next year - but let's make one thing clear: This is at the cost of some of your other 2026 strategies.

The 5 AI investments marketing teams should make in 2026
If you’re a marketing leader staring down the barrel of your 2026 budget sheet wondering what should get top priority, you’re in luck. Hubspot's SVP of Marketing, Kieran Flanagan, gave us his top 5 recommendations.

Is SEO dead or is GEO hype?
There’s no doubt about it, marketing is changing with AI. But are the old ways actually dead or are flashy new strategies like GEO all smoke?

Can you build a team of just AI tools?
The same question has persisted all year: Can you reduce headcount by just using AI tools? Google’s Amit Rawal is trialing a largely AI-based team, and here are his lessons.

How to redesign roles with AI
Augmenting workflows is just the beginning of working with AI. To unlock huge time savings and strategy opportunities, eventually you need to rethink those processes altogether.

AI Agents Explained: The clear, no-hype definition
“Agents” have become one of the biggest hyped and most misused terms in AI. So here’s the real definition from someone who builds AI solutions for a living.

Notes from the field on AI transformation
If you're leading AI transformation, the highest-leverage investment you can make right now is activating your managers.

The AI Conversation Is Growing Up
The AI conversation is growing up. And the companies pulling ahead are the ones who are moving fast from experimentation to system change.

Your employees are losing their minds to AI
AI dependence is already degrading cognitive capability in the workforce – and AI upskilling for employees needs to go beyond tools to protect the thinking that makes their work valuable.

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 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 the Best AI Leaders Get Right About Culture
The best AI leaders are backing their strongest individual contributors, making AI everyone's job with clear ownership, and using governance not as a brake but as the unlock that lets adoption scale.
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