AI Speed Disruption: Apple Took 42 Years. Anthropic Is Doing It in Five.

AI Speed Disruption: Apple Took 42 Years. Anthropic Is Doing It in Five.

by | Jun 13, 2026 | A.I., Agility, AI Disruption, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change Leadership, Disruption, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Leadership at all Levels, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

The pace of AI speed disruption just changed the scoreboard. Apple is one of the most admired companies ever built. It took 42 years to reach a $1 trillion valuation. Founded in 1976. Trillion-dollar company in 2018. Four decades of hardware design, retail innovation,...
AI Made Your Team Faster. Here Is Why Your Results Haven’t Changed.

AI Made Your Team Faster. Here Is Why Your Results Haven’t Changed.

by | Jun 9, 2026 | A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Disruption, execution, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Peak Performance, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

Your team adopted AI. Code is getting written faster. Proposals are getting drafted faster. Research that used to take hours takes minutes. And your results have not meaningfully changed. You are not imagining it. And it is not a motivation problem. Dario Amodei Named...
The Greatest Living Mathematician Called It Cognitive Friction. Here Is What He Said AI Just Did to It.

The Greatest Living Mathematician Called It Cognitive Friction. Here Is What He Said AI Just Did to It.

by | Jun 8, 2026 | A.I., Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Brand You, Change, Change Leadership, Disruption, Distinction, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership at all Levels, Peak Performance, Resiliency, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

His name is Terence Tao. And what he said about cognitive friction and AI last March has not left me since. He won the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics, at 31. Most mathematicians consider him the most gifted pure mathematician alive. He holds a...
The CEO of Citadel Went Home Depressed on a Friday. Here Is What He Saw.

The CEO of Citadel Went Home Depressed on a Friday. Here Is What He Saw.

by | Jun 7, 2026 | A.I., Agility, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Brand You, Change, Change Leadership, Disruption, Distinction, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Leadership at all Levels, Resiliency, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

The CEO of Citadel Watched AI Do What Used to Take a Team of PhDs AI leadership agentic AI is no longer a future-state conversation. Ken Griffin just made that clear. Ken Griffin is the founder and CEO of Citadel, one of the most successful hedge funds on earth. In a...
Steve Jobs Cut Apple from 350 Products to 10. Your Organization Has Too Many Good Ideas. That Is Exactly the Problem.

Steve Jobs Cut Apple from 350 Products to 10. Your Organization Has Too Many Good Ideas. That Is Exactly the Problem.

by | Jun 3, 2026 | A.I., Agility, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Change, Change Leadership, Culture Change, Disruption, Engagement, execution, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership, Peak Performance, Resiliency, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

Steve Jobs Cut Apple from 350 Products to 10. Your Organization Has Too Many Good Ideas. That Is Exactly the Problem. In 1997, Steve Jobs demonstrated that leadership focus and execution — not more ideas, more products, or more initiatives — is what separates...
Where Do You Stand in the Age of AI? Most People Can’t Answer This.

Where Do You Stand in the Age of AI? Most People Can’t Answer This.

by | Jun 1, 2026 | A.I., Accountability, Agility, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Impact, Brand You, Change, Culture Change, Culture Shaping, Disruption, Distinction, Future Work, Ideas, Leadership at all Levels, Resiliency, Speed, Talent, The New World of Work

Everyone Has a Feeling. Almost Nobody Has a Number. Where Do You Stand in the Age of AI? Most People Can’t Answer This. The AI readiness assessment question most professionals avoid is the simplest one: where exactly do I stand? Over the past two weeks, more...