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The AI Strategy Myth: What No One Tells You (Because They’re Selling It)
Forget the hype, the frameworks, and the “AI roadmaps.” Here’s what actually works. Let’s get this out of the way: most AI “strategies” are theater. Decks. Demos. Buzzwords wrapped in billable hours. You’ve seen it. A consultant rolls in with a 70-slide presentation full of “maturity matrices” and “transformation frameworks.” They talk about aligning AI to business objectives, governance layers, and something-something operational synergy. And yet—three months later, your tea
Rich Washburn
3 days ago5 min read


Trump, Venezuela, and the PPF4
There’s a weird, wild piece of tech chatter blowing up everywhere right now — social feeds, comment threads, memes — all about what some people are calling a sonic weapon used by U.S. forces during the recent raid to capture Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro . One widely circulated eyewitness account describes defenders suddenly overwhelmed by something that felt like “very intense sound waves” — causing nosebleeds, vomiting blood, and collapse before the main assault even hit. I
Rich Washburn
4 days ago3 min read


THE REVOLUTION HAS BEEN STREAMED
I don’t even know where to start other than this: something monumental is happening in Iran, and the world is only just starting to notice — not because the story wasn’t real, but because the story broke in pixels before it ever got to print . That’s how we got here. This week, newsrooms around the world reluctantly acknowledged what millions already knew from their phones: there is a massive uprising underway in Iran. Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad — three of the largest cities in
Rich Washburn
5 days ago5 min read


ORDER 66: When the Script Flips and the Empire Trembles
The Week the World Tilted — and the Republic Remembered Itself Every era has that moment where history stops pretending to move slowly. This might be one of those weeks. We’ve seen nations topple, borders redrawn, and policies announced that could reshape global economics for decades — but among all the noise, one decision stood out for what it symbolized as much as what it did. The United States has just withdrawn from 66 international organizations — including over 30 Unit
Rich Washburn
6 days ago3 min read


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