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Will AI decimate consulting?

AI has brought a reckoning to the consulting industry — and the death knell will quickly sound for those who fail to adapt.

Andrea Belk Olson

Andrea Belk Olson is a differentiation strategist, speaker, author, and customer-centricity expert. She is the CEO of Pragmadik, a behavioral science driven change agency, and has served as an outside[…]

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The roots of AI in Chinese philosophy — and what it could mean for business

Leaders in China hope that AI and robotics can finally resolve the flaws of a centralized planned economy. But US technoculture has an edge.

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Anna Greenspan is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Global Media and the Director of the Centre for AI and Culture at NYU Shanghai. Her publications include China and the Wireless[…]

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Silicon Oasis? How a northern English tech startup went global

We chat with Mark Klarzynski, founder of PEAK:AIO, on how his company became an international player in data storage for the age of AI.

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Martin SFP Bryant

Martin SFP Bryant is a technology journalist based in the UK. He is the founder of startup newsletter PreSeed Now and edits social media industry newsletter Geekout. He was previously Editor-in-Chief[…]

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Will AI save us or destroy us?

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Are young workers canaries in the AI coal mine?

Early warning signs show AI is eating into the entry-level job market — a potential harbinger of things to come.

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The great AI divide: Europe vs. Silicon Valley

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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Change Management

Why 95% of AI rollouts fail and what L&D leaders can do about it

Companies are pouring resources into AI, yet capability gaps hold employees back from using it effectively.

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AI adoption rates look weak — but the data hides a bigger story

Behind the plateau in corporate AI lies a surge in personal and agentic use.

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Why your AI strategy needs guidance from an 82-year-old computer

The incredible story of how the US Army began the march toward generative AI in 1943 — and what it means for your business today.

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How to greet the dawn of “future-state predictive intelligence”

Brian Gumbel — President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dataminr — explores the cutting edge of real-time information analysis.

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A postcard from the frontlines of China’s tech boom

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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What AI can never replace

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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AI will never be a shortcut to wisdom

Real understanding, argues Jeff DeGraff, doesn’t come from outputs — it comes from practice.