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84 Percent of Humanity Has Never Used AI. Let That Land.
There is a chart making the rounds right now that stops you cold if you actually look at it. 2,500 dots. Each one represents 3.2 million people. The entire grid is 8.1 billion humans. 84 percent of the dots are grey. Never used AI. Not once. Not even a free chatbot. The green dots — free chatbot users, your ChatGPT-curious colleagues, the people who tried it once and maybe still use it occasionally — those are 16 percent. Around 1.3 billion people. The gold dots? People payi

Rich Washburn
Mar 244 min read
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Adapt or Die: The Brutal Truth About the Modern Tech Divide
There’s a hard truth nobody wants to say out loud: if you’re not adapting to modern tools — if you’re not using AI, automating your workflows, or streamlining with the tech that’s already freely available — you are the problem. Not the market. Not the system. You. We’re living in an adapt or die  era. Technology isn’t creeping forward anymore — it’s sprinting. AI has hit escape velocity. What used to take teams of people and days of work can now be done in minutes. For free.

Rich Washburn
Oct 24, 20252 min read
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90% of You Are Already Using AI—It’s Basically Coffee at This Point
Right now—today, this very moment—90% of your workforce is already using AI. Not in some pilot program. Not in some sanctioned tool. Not...

Rich Washburn
Aug 26, 20253 min read
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From Busy Work to Breakthroughs: How Small AI Wins Sparked a Culture Shift at XYZ Insurance
In today’s workplace, it’s often the hidden inefficiencies—what I like to call “loose screws”—that quietly eat away at productivity....

Rich Washburn
Jan 24, 20254 min read
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From Dial-Up to AI: Why We’re Still in the Early Days of the Revolution
Remember the days of dial-up internet? You’d fire up your modem, endure that symphony of screeches and beeps, and maybe—just maybe—get...

Rich Washburn
Jan 16, 20253 min read
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Positioning for Growth: Strategic Moves for Marketing Agencies in the AI Era
In the rapidly evolving landscape of digital marketing, where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent, marketing...

Rich Washburn
Dec 21, 20232 min read
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