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Edge + Fog AI: The Next Frontier in Real-Time Decision-Making and Organizational Agility
Edge AI is shifting decision-making from the cloud to the frontline. This first Future Friday article explores how edge, fog, and AI are converging—and what change practitioners need to know to lead through this next wave of transformation.
The PMO-OCM Merger: Why Program Management Needs Change Thinking (and Vice Versa)
Merging program delivery and change management is no longer optional. As transformation offices evolve, success depends on readiness, saturation, and behavioral tipping points—not just hitting timelines and budgets.
Change Management as a Stepping Stone, Not a Final Destination
Change management isn’t a career cul-de-sac—it’s one of the best strategic apprenticeships in the enterprise. Learn how it opens doors to roles in strategy, operations, HR, and Chief of Staff, with real-world pivots, practical advice, and a new way to frame your impact.
Change Practitioners: Steal These 5 Plays from the CX Playbook
Change management has a lot to learn from customer experience. From journey maps to service recovery, CX has mastered empathy at scale. It’s time we stole their best moves.
The 18-Month Shelf Life of Enterprise Change Management
ECM functions often disappear within 18 months—reorg’d, absorbed, or shut down. After seeing this pattern across roles and industries, it’s clear the discipline endures not through structure, but through the people who keep doing the work.
Why Not Us? How Practitioners Can Beat the Big Four at Their Own AI Game
AI-first boutiques are eating the Big Four’s lunch—not with size, but with speed. This isn’t the end of consulting. It’s the rebirth. Learn how practitioners can outmaneuver legacy firms and turn disruption into opportunity.
The AI Assistant Arms Race
AI assistants aren’t just speeding up tasks, they’re reshaping how we work, decide, and deliver. This article explores why the real competition isn’t about features, but about who controls the interface of modern work, and what change leaders need to do about it.
The AI Wake-Up Call for Consultants
AI isn’t killing consulting—it’s exposing it. If your business model relies on slide decks and boilerplate insight, it’s time to evolve. Here’s what the Reddit backlash and GenAI stumbles are really telling us.
The Rise of Shadow AI: How Unregulated Tools Are Reshaping Your Org
Shadow AI is spreading quietly across your org—reshaping workflows, risking data, and shifting culture. If you’re not tracking it, you’re not managing change. Here’s what it is, why it matters, and how to lead before it leads you.
A Field Guide to Meeting Monologuers: A Survey of Saboteurs
In every meeting, there’s one—or four—who just can’t help themselves. The recappers. The performers. The idea thieves. The oracles. This field guide catalogs the most common corporate monologuers and offers survival strategies for anyone trapped in their echo chamber.
Scrum and Circumstance
Agile rituals up front, Waterfall habits behind the curtain. This piece explores the rise of “Agilefall,” where teams cosplay Scrum while clinging to timelines, sign-offs, and Gantt charts. It’s process theater, and everyone knows it.
Let’s Circle Back
Corporate jargon has its own dialect—and "let's circle back" is its anthem. This post breaks down the real meaning behind the phrases that stall change, bury decisions, and keep us endlessly syncing on things we’re never going to do.
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Town halls should build trust and foster real dialogue. Too often, they’re scripted updates. Done right, they create space for honest questions and shared understanding.
Edge + Fog AI: The Next Frontier in Real-Time Decision-Making and Organizational Agility
Edge AI is shifting decision-making from the cloud to the frontline. This first Future Friday article explores how edge, fog, and AI are converging—and what change practitioners need to know to lead through this next wave of transformation.
Running a Great Working Session with Cross-Functional Teams
Not another meeting — a momentum machine. Learn how to run high-impact working sessions that cut across silos, spark clarity, and actually get things done.
Why 'NTD' Is Wrecking Your Meetings (and Your Mind)
NTD—“Need to Drop”— has become a workplace shorthand for our fractured attention. Here’s why bouncing between meetings is breaking our focus.
Why Not Us? How Practitioners Can Beat the Big Four at Their Own AI Game
AI-first boutiques are eating the Big Four’s lunch—not with size, but with speed. This isn’t the end of consulting. It’s the rebirth. Learn how practitioners can outmaneuver legacy firms and turn disruption into opportunity.
Change Management as a Stepping Stone, Not a Final Destination
Change management isn’t a career cul-de-sac—it’s one of the best strategic apprenticeships in the enterprise. Learn how it opens doors to roles in strategy, operations, HR, and Chief of Staff, with real-world pivots, practical advice, and a new way to frame your impact.
Too Senior for Tactics, Too Junior for Strategy
You’re not the strategist. You’re not the executor. You’re the glue. Learn how to lead from the messy middle of change.
What Freelancers Know That In-House Change Teams Don’t
What freelancers get right about change work, and what in-house teams can steal. Lessons from the edge of the org chart.
Moreover Issue #2: Signals, Skeletons, and the Systems We Still Ignore
What does it mean to lead change with no team, no budget, and no backup? This issue dives into skeleton crew change work, why it’s more common than it should be, and how to survive it. Plus: AI’s true costs, predictive analytics, and credibility in action.
Editors' Picks
The AI Wake-Up Call for Consultants
AI isn’t killing consulting—it’s exposing it. If your business model relies on slide decks and boilerplate insight, it’s time to evolve. Here’s what the Reddit backlash and GenAI stumbles are really telling us.
How Smart Tools Are Redefining Enterprise Change Management
A new generation of tools is reshaping how we manage enterprise change: scaling coaching, tracking saturation, embedding behavior, and building capability. This article maps what’s emerging and how to start using it, even without a software budget.
From Change Practitioner to Chief of Staff: A Natural Evolution of Influence
For seasoned change practitioners, the Chief of Staff role is a natural next step. Explore how your skills in strategy, influence, and emotional intelligence can position you as a key advisor to senior leadership.