Full conversationDots, Bots, and Math! Oh my!
AI progress, mathematics, agents and organizational workflows.
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Dots, Bots, and Math! Oh my!
David, Dalibor and Daniel discuss AI progress, mathematics and agents, then consider how leaders can put growing capabilities to work.
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Shorter conversationThe AI Divide: Why Buying the Tools Isn’t Enough
AI-enabled teams, talent policies and workflow redesign.
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Shorter conversationMost leaders use AI wrong. Here is what the top 5% do
Personal leadership amplification and practical uses of tailored AI.
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Shorter conversationYou're Already 1 Week Too Late on AI
Leaders retain responsibility for organizational redesign while they can still shape it.
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Frontier capabilities and the gap between individual use and organizational change.
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Automation, economic change and organizational adaptation.
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The Jobs That Never Appear
A measurement system for turning AI-created capacity into growth, margin and organizational value.
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The Amplification Gap
A practical self-check for the gap between individual AI use and what the organization can capture.
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Essential vs Derived Demand
Explore where people are integral to a product or service, and what that means for the future of work.
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The Centurion Principle
How middle managers, incentives and culture shape AI adoption.
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Shadow AI: The Definitive Report
Research on unapproved AI use, its risks and how leaders can respond.
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How leaders become better with AI
Practical ways to use AI around leadership decisions, preparation and judgment.
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How HR Actually Leads AI Transformation 2
HR’s role in redesigning work and organizational capability.
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How Marketing Leads AI Transformation
How marketing leaders can shape the redesign of their function.
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What do we mean by abundant intelligence?
In this work, abundant intelligence refers to increasingly accessible intelligent systems and the possibilities they create. We explore how leaders and organizations can use that capability while retaining judgment and accountability.
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Frontier is planned to deliver a full weekly five-story AI report by email, with source links, analysis and leadership implications. Navigator adds David Shapiro’s online courses, currently in development, and a planned general TIO AI advisor, subject to capability validation and defined usage limits.
Legacy adds five total principal hours per month across Dalibor Petrovic, David Shapiro and Daniel Käfer, by preference and availability, plus a planned client-specific TIO AI advisor using approved client information. Capacity is limited; advisor capabilities and privacy arrangements are still being validated.
Paid memberships are not open yet. Frontier is coming soon; you can register interest in Navigator and Legacy. Compare the memberships →
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Dalibor Petrovic
Founder & Chief Ally. Executive AI fluency, leadership, and organizational transformation.
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AI strategy, organizational design, and leadership through technological change.
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