There is a change coming. Many supply chains are forced to change. The example of the steel supply chain is just one of them. This article uses the steel chain as a talking point to adress the needed issue of rethinking that.
Businesses regularly promote executives into the most important leadership role of their careers with very little opportunity to practice the responsibilities they are about to inherit. That’s confidence – not readiness.
AI is moving Smart Cities from connected infrastructure towards autonomous urban systems. The challenge is to keep identity, authority, accountability, and correction connected as systems begin acting for the city.
Company culture is the mother of AI adoption. It often requires change for AI to succeed. But that takes time. And it can go wrong.
AI poses a risk that organisations simply automate structures and processes designed around constraints that no longer exist. The article argues that AI transformation should begin by understanding why the organisation looks the way it does, then redesigning around what AI now makes possible.
53% of organizations have watched AI agents exceed their intended permissions — yet most agents have no written mandate at all. A practitioner's guide to mandate design: the anatomy of a well-written grant of decision authority, and four tests to run before any agent receives one.
Peter F Gallagher. FCRQ214: Friday’s Change Reflection Quote – Saeculum Leadership® – Leaders Architect Knowledge as Legacy.
Top 10 Leadership and Management links of the week, curated by Corix Partners Founder and CEO JC Gaillard, focusing on cyber security of course, but also a large cross section of subjects including digital transformation, emerging tech, AI governance and the future of work.
Most cybersecurity conversations start with software and networks: firewalls, intrusion detection, patch cycles, or endpoint protection. On a recent special edition of The Business of Government Hour, I sat down with Dr. David Bray and Dr. Trent Teyema to ask a harder question.
This article is a leadership call to have a good look at the governance of the organization in relation to the ecosystem it thrives in and how different staff functions play a role. New leadership for a new age. The age of ecosytems and AI.
Enterprise AI pilots stall not because the technology fails, but because teams prove capability without earning trust. Learn to escape the Pilot Trap.
The skills that create exceptional department leaders are often very different from the skills required to lead an entire enterprise. Organizations have great operations or finance or sales exectuives... but a CEO must balance all of those priorities. That's a fundamentally different job.
A technically successful AI pilot is not necessarily a production capability. New research from the Resilient Supply Chain archive identifies four strongly supported reasons promising models struggle to create lasting operational value—and what leaders should test before scaling.
Many AI initiatives focus on technology but fail on governance, stakeholder alignment, adoption, and value realization. This article explores the role that bridges these gaps and drives AI success.
Three major court decisions are putting new scrutiny on where freight broker responsibility ends and carrier control begins. A $604 million verdict against C.H. Robinson highlights how carrier vetting, day-to-day involvement, and the legal concept of a “borrowed employee” could reshape liability.
Would you start a trip to reach a destination without a plan? Why should that be different to reach the desired AI adoption at your company? Here are some ideas for that plan.
When every leadership ingredient is working, the middle is the engine of performance.
What happens when work enters your home? When your day job spills into your safe space? This article explores why boundaries matter, and what leaders can do about it.
Peter F Gallagher, FCRQ213, Friday’s Change Reflection Quote – Saeculum Leadership® – Leaders Build to Avoid Institutional Fragility.
Top 10 Leadership and Management links of the week, curated by Corix Partners Founder and CEO JC Gaillard, focusing on cyber security of course, but also a large cross section of subjects including digital transformation, emerging tech, AI governance and the future of work.
The steel around you was planned in a different centuryThe Difference Between Confidence and Readiness in Future LeadersThe Next Smart City Challenge Is Accountable AutonomyHow crucial is the company culture for AI adoption? Do Not Automate the Organisation You Have Today
