FIELD NOTES
Notes from putting AI inside businesses that already work.
FIG. 1 · THE LADDER
No. 01 · FRAMEWORK
Six levels of AI adoption for established companies
How to place your company on the ladder, and what it takes to get off the step most of them are stuck on
6 MIN READ
FIG. 2 · THE STRATEGY
No. 02 · FRAMEWORK
The eight pieces of an AI strategy
What goes in the plan, and the four pieces most companies leave out
11 MIN READ
FIG. 3 · THE ORG CHART
No. 03 · FRAMEWORK
The six people an AI rollout needs
Which of them you already have, and the one rung where that stops being true
5 MIN READ
FIG. 4 · THE TIMELINE
No. 04 · ESSAY
What to ask before you sign an AI implementation contract
Coding got much faster. Your project will not, and the difference tells you what to buy instead
6 MIN READ
No. 05 · ESSAY
Who owns the automation after it exists?
AI removes the doing and leaves the owning, and that second job needs a name against it
6 MIN READ
No. 06 · ESSAY
Everyone has the same bricks
Why the constraint is assembly rather than capability, and what that means for where the money goes
5 MIN READ