In 1993, IBM cut 60,000 jobs. Wang collapsed. DEC ousted its founder. The talent released didn’t found Twitter. They went somewhere to retool, and the companies they chose defined the next era. The same pattern is playing out now, with 125,000 cut so far in 2026 and counting.
AI Strategy Alignment: The Decision Loop Gap Between CEOs and CTOs
72% of CEOs now own their company’s AI decisions. But when the CEO hears “AI strategy” and means reimagine the work while the CTO hears it and means speed up the work, every downstream decision drifts, and the cost compounds quietly every quarter.
Service Design Is the Only Moat AI Can’t Replicate in a Weekend
B2B software stocks have lost $2 trillion since January, and the story everyone’s telling about why is wrong. The real threat isn’t that AI is killing SaaS. It’s that product is no longer a moat, and most CEOs haven’t noticed what is.
Why AI-Powered Engineering Teams Ship More Code But Deliver Less Software
Engineering throughput is up 59%. Main branch success rates are at a five-year low. More code is entering the pipeline. Less of it is reaching your customers. The gap between those two numbers is a decision architecture problem, and it’s costing you quarters, not days.




