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Start Here: The Four Patterns Behind Every Failed Software Project
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Download Your Free Report: Why Software Projects Fail
The 2026 Software Delivery Failure Index Report
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Technology was supposed to make business easier. Instead, it's made everything more complex.
Every conversation I have with entrepreneurs and executives starts the same way: excitement about possibilities, followed by anxiety about execution.
Sep 16, 2025
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How AI Transforms Jobs, Workflows, and Decision-making
When Uber set out to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence, it didn’t begin by asking which AI platform to buy.
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The Biggest AI Success Stories of 2026 -- So Far
There have been many, but these stand out because they have measurable evidence behind them.
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Software Quality in the Age of AI
For most of my career, software quality rested on a familiar set of questions.
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How AI Helped IBM Save 160 Engineering Hours
In April 2026, IBM reported that Blue Pearl, a cloud solutions and consulting company, used an AI development system to complete a Java software upgrade…
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What’s the State of AI in 2026?
It started as a groundswell and gained momentum throughout the year.
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Are AI AGENTS a New Category of Worker?
In early 2026, Meta pursued an ambitious plan to reorganize parts of its workforce around AI.
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