The Proof-of-Concept Trap
Deloitte’s 2026 State of AI in the Enterprise report has a section I keep coming back to. They call it “the proof-of-concept trap,” and...
Category: Collaboration Culture
The Role of Email in an AI World
I have been watching people predict the death of email for over twenty years. Social platforms were going to kill it. Enterprise chat was...
Thinking Together, Separately
On Friday, while catching up on my reading backlog, I came across a TechCrunch article about the backlash to OpenAI’s decision to retire GPT-4o....
The Slow Disappearance of Shared Thinking
I used to recognize the moment collaboration actually started. It was messy. Someone would say something half right. Someone else would misunderstand it. A...
Why “Doing More with Less” Has Become the Default Mandate for IT
Somewhere along the way, “do more with less” stopped being a temporary rallying cry and quietly became the permanent job description for IT. It’s...
When Beliefs Form Social Topology
It is tempting to think of political attitudes or any set of beliefs as lone points on a scale. You are “for” or “against,”...
Takeaways from Microsoft Ignite 2025
Every year, Microsoft Ignite delivers a firehose of announcements. New features, new names, new acronyms, and a lot of excitement about what’s coming next....
From AI Strategy to Everyday Practice
I’ve been reading through a lot of the Microsoft adoption strategy for Copilot, as well as the documentation available from some of the larger...
Content Strategy: Internal Content Strategies
When it comes to internal communications, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises live in different worlds. The size of the team, available resources, and...
CollabTalk Podcast | Episode 180 with Mark Kashman
Episode 180 of the CollabTalk Podcast explores how AI is fundamentally reshaping the role of marketers, enabling small teams to punch above their weight...
