The Mainframe Lesson Today’s Leaders Keep Forgetting
I learned something permanent in my first programming job that most executives are missing today: you don’t touch the system until you understand the system. When you worked on mainframes in the 80s and 90s, this wasn’t philosophy—it was discipline. Those machines ran everything. Banking transactions. Payroll for thousands. Supply chains. One mistake could cost […]
Why 95% of AI Implementations Fail (And How to Avoid the Same Mistake)
MIT recently released data that should make every executive pause: 95% of generative AI implementations are failing. Not struggling. Not underperforming. Failing completely. Organizations invested $30-40 billion in AI pilots last year. Most delivered zero measurable business return. The Problem Isn’t the Technology According to MIT’s research, the issue isn’t AI capability. The technology works. […]