When people ask me how to get better results from AI, they usually expect a technical answer. A better tool. A more advanced model. A secret prompting framework. But the truth is much simpler. If you want better results from AI, become a better communicator.

There’s something about AI adoption right now that feels very familiar to me. Not in a cynical way. In a pattern-recognition way. Years ago, during the height of Agile transformations, organizations didn’t struggle because Agile was wrong. The principles were solid. The benefits were real. But many companies didn’t extract the full value. Why? Because balance was lost. If the transformation was run by the PMO, it became reporting-heavy. If it was run by technologists, it sometimes became...

Every week, without fail, I have some version of the same conversation. It might be at a networking event. It might be with a client. Sometimes it’s friends or family. I mention that I work with AI, and almost immediately, the response is: “Oh! Have you seen this new tool?" "There’s one that makes presentations now." "I just tried something that rewrites emails, it’s amazing.” And honestly? They’re not wrong. The tools are impressive. New ones seem to pop up daily, each promising to