DILIGENCE
JUN 2026
7 MIN
The survivability question
Most AI due diligence asks whether you can bolt AI onto a target. The harder, more valuable question — the one almost nobody is packaging cleanly — is whether the target's advantage survives an AI-enabled market.
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MANUFACTURING
JUN 2026
6 MIN
Stuck at the pilot
98% of manufacturers are exploring AI; roughly 20% feel ready to run it at scale. The spread between those two numbers is where most of the money is quietly being lost — and where it's there to be made.
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OPERATING
MAY 2026
5 MIN
Operator, not deck
A consultant ships a recommendation and leaves. A fractional Chief AI Officer owns the result. That ownership gap is exactly where most AI programs stall — and why the role exists.
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