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September 23, 2026

Artificial intelligence is offering us an extraordinary bargain. AI is already collapsing the economics of knowledge work. Months are becoming weeks. Teams are becoming individuals….

September 4, 2026

AI Is Probabilistic. Important Decisions Can’t Be. Recently, when asked what has taken up most of my time, the answer has been consistent: The answer…

July 22, 2026

For the past several years, enterprise AI strategy has focused heavily on model capability. Organizations have compared benchmark performance, reasoning ability, context windows, coding results,…

May 8, 2026

I am writing this aboard a train returning to Ottawa following last night’s Public Policy Forum Testimonial Dinner in Toronto at the Royal York ….

March 31, 2026

In 2024, when I started Agent Astro (www.agentastro.ai), I was already convinced that agentic AI would reshape how work gets done. The question was not…

February 1, 2026

In operating a globally distributed business, you learn quickly where systems are resilient and where they quietly break. For years, international payments were one of…

January 27, 2026

Most transitions from public service into the private sector don’t fail because of a lack of skill or experience. They fail because experience is presented…

December 22, 2025

Early in my career, particularly in politics, I shared a common assumption about leadership transitions. When a new leader was elected or hired, there was…

November 20, 2025

North America is entering a period of rapid electricity demand growth while electricity supply has remained largely unchanged for years. In the United States, total…

November 17, 2025

This weekend, I had the opportunity to serve as one of 64 judges at the TelferINTL Case Competition, an event that brought together nearly 500…