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What is the Cognitive Operating Model?
Employees adopted AI, but organizationally, it's a struggle. Why? Because people need tools — but organizations need systems. The Cognitive Operating…
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Erick Straghalis
Preparing Students for a World Shaped by AI: What Educators (and Parents) Need to Know
Educators are front lines of the greatest shift in learning since the internet — coupled with a demand for an AI ready workforce. How is AI redefining…
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Erick Straghalis
AI @ Work — Nov 14, 2025
The Bi-Weekly Newsletter about practical AI for executives and business leaders.
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From ROI to Organizational Equity: Rethinking How We Measure the Value of AI
Why obsession with ROI — viewing AI as a cost-saver — is blinding us to the real measure of AI as an organizational value creator.
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Erick Straghalis
Solving the Problem of Siloed Intelligence in the Age of AI With MCP
Why the MCP (Model Context Protocol) Could Be the Key to Interoperability Across Platforms, Data Portability, and Avoiding Vendor Lock-in
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The Bi-Weekly Newsletter about practical AI for executives and business leaders. This week: Beyond Hype, adopting AI for ROI, better collaboration, and…
Microsoft Copilot Now Available for Everyone, Plus New AI Teammate in Teams.
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The Bi-Weekly Newsletter about practical AI for executives and business leaders. A collaboration with StitchDX and BeAIReady.
Declining AI adoption: A sign of the AI-pocalypse — or a signal of maturity?
Recent data from the US Census Bureau shows a decline in enterprise AI adoption— and analysts are forcasting a potential AI Winter. Here's why that's…
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The New Browser Wars (and why browsing may be over before there's even a clear winner)
From tabs to tasks: How agents are redefining the way we browse, search, and access the internet — and challenging the browsing experience all together.
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From Search to Ask: How AI Is Changing Our Relationship to Information & Learning
From the Search Generation to the Ask Generation — our relationship with information has fundamentally changed. The dangers of relying on AI to provide…
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1. Stop Integrating AI. Start Operating on it.
We’re in the early days of a shift that will redefine how work gets done — and not just because of AI, but because of what AI makes possible.
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AI adoption excels for individuals, but fails for organizations — because organizations need systems, not tools. The Cognitive Operating Model™ (COM) is a framework for adopting AI as a system — implementing it as a platform for growth — not just as a tool.
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