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Cadence Roughly weekly Length 800–1,500 words Author Jeff R. Turner
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AI Strategy 5 min read Coming soon

What 'AI Fatigue' Actually Means

It's not the technology. It's the gap between hype and infrastructure.

If you're reading this, you've sat through a deck about AI in the last ninety days. Probably more than one. The thing the deck didn't tell you is the thing this post is about: most AI investment fails because it never gets out of the deck.

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The archive

More posts.

The rest of the queue. Some written, some in progress, some still notes-to-self. Posts go live when they're done — not when the calendar says so.

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Revenue Strategy
6 min read Coming soon

Why Sales-Marketing Alignment Is the Wrong Goal

If they were ever supposed to be aligned, they'd be the same function. The fact that they aren't is the problem.

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AI Implementation
7 min read Coming soon

The Boring Half of AI Implementation

Most of the leverage in production AI is in the data layer. It's the part nobody wants to talk about.

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Fractional CMO
5 min read Coming soon

Why Most Fractional CMO Engagements Fail

It's almost never about the strategy. It's about who owns what after the strategy is written.

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