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Stop buying AI licenses: build an AI champions cohort instead

Here's what you'll learn: Why buying more AI licenses feels like progress but rarely changes behavior The illusion of progress: why licensing doesn't equal adoption The champions cohort model: adoption by doing, not by decree Use what you already...

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Buy outcomes, not software! How a nonprofit flipped a crisis into proof of culture

What happens when a vendor relationship is built on rhythms, trust, and behavior—not features and billable hours When Furniture Bank's payment...

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Humans Are The Loop

How to use AI to develop self-awareness, emotional navigation, and (hopefully) be a better human I use AI to write emails faster and summarize...

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The Intent Test: Are You Using AI to Improve, or to Win?

The intent test is simple: before you use AI on a conflict, ask yourself whether you're trying to respond or trying to win. That single question...

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How Dana Snyder Built A $100k App In 5 Months

Dana Snyder had never committed a Git in her life when we started working together in September 2025. Tomorrow she is shipping a full-stack app that...

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Success With A Side Of Software

The sector doesn't need better fundraising software. It needs more successful fundraisers. AI will create both. And an early example is Practivated.

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More Than A Score: Why AI Cred Matters

How self-assessment, context, and brutal honesty unlock real AI fluency You finish the AI Cred assessment and the score appears. Maybe it's lower...

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Why AI fluency—not literacy—is the real unlock

A thousand people took the AI Cred fluency test; the average score was ~3 out of 10. The average score for AI Cred is about 3/10. Before you dismiss...

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Thinking about the box: how cognitive diversity shapes AI adoption

Why collaboration, not conformity, drives the human side of AI transformation Every time I try to explain something that feels obvious in my head,...

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