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Plan First: The Habit That Makes AI Actually Useful for Complex Work

April 21, 2026

The habit that improves AI outputs more than any model upgrade: plan before you execute. Here's the two-phase workflow and why it works.

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My Honest Claude Opus 4.7 Review: What Works, What Frustrates Me, and Why My Cowork Button Vanished

April 19, 2026

Honest Claude Opus 4.7 review from a CIO building with the new model. Task budgets, routines in Claude Code, and the friction worth knowing about.

Leadership and Strategy

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Before You Can Be Clear With Your AI, You Have to Be Clear With Yourself

April 16, 2026

Before your AI agents can reflect your goals, you have to be clear on them yourself. Here is the annual planning practice that makes everything else work

For Tech Professionals

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Meet A.G.N.E.S.: My Claude Code Agent for Client Communications

April 15, 2026

I built a Claude Code agent named A.G.N.E.S. to write client emails that sound human. Here's how she works and how to build your own.

AI Infrastructure & Architecture AI Strategy & ROI Emerging Tech Tools

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Claude Cowork vs Copilot: A Practitioner’s Take

April 14, 2026

Running both Claude Cowork and Copilot daily in client environments. Here's what each actually does well... and where each falls flat.

AI Skills & Career Growth AI Strategy & ROI Future of Work & Teams

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My AI Minions Are Trying to Change My Life (I Did Not Ask for That)

April 13, 2026

My AI minions are great at their jobs. They are not great at knowing when to stop. A satirical look at what happens when your agents start giving you unsolicited life advice.

AI Infrastructure & Architecture Compliance & Risk Management For Tech Professionals Future of Work & Teams Security, Data & Compliance

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When AI Gets Too Good: Why Anthropic Won’t Release Its Most Powerful Model

April 12, 2026

Claude Mythos can find decades-old vulnerabilities and break containment. Here's what that means for your security posture and AI vendor trust.

AI Infrastructure & Architecture AI Skills & Career Growth For Tech Professionals

I Built a 47-Agent AI Army. Here’s How It Actually Runs My Day.

April 9, 2026

Most IT leaders are using AI the way they used Google in 2005. Ask a question, get an answer, close the tab. I was there too, until I stopped waiting for the tool I wanted to exist and started building it. What I have now is a 47-agent workforce organized into functional teams, running on a structured Airtable operating system, and handling a meaningful chunk of my workday before I finish my coffee. This is not a chatbot habit. This is an org chart.

For Tech Professionals