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About That 40% AI Productivity Increase

This article from Vice President of Technology Michael Lesher was originally published to his LinkedIn page on October 22, 2026. Two or three years ago, one number got repeated everywhere: AI would drive a 40% increase in productivity. It’s worth holding that promise up against what’s happened since. I led the rollout of AI tools … Continued

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Your Professional Moat in the Age of AI

We recently explored how the unfolding AI era is evolving how companies—especially SaaS companies—can deepen the economic moats protecting their businesses. Our conclusion? That the accountability, guarantees, and trust you provide your customers, the service moat, may be the most important. In the process of exploring these ideas, we found ourselves in a similar conversation focused on the individuals … Continued

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Your Software Isn’t Your Moat Anymore

Investment research firm Morningstar evaluates companies using a concept called an economic moat. It’s borrowed from medieval defense strategy: the wider and deeper the moat around your castle, the harder it is for anyone to breach the walls and burn your keep.  In investing terms, a company’s moat is whatever structural advantage keeps competitors from stealing its business. … Continued

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Managing the Shift to Autonomous AI in Financial Services

What enterprise leaders need to know before deploying systems that act on their own 

There is a specific moment in every autonomous AI deployment where the governance conversation shifts. It happens when the system does something correct that nobody anticipated. Not a failure. Not a hallucination. A good decision that was not in the original design. That is the moment most organizations realize their oversight model was built for a different kind of technology. Read on to find out what to do about it.

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Managing the Shift to Autonomous AI

What enterprise leaders need to know before deploying systems that act on their own 

There is a specific moment in every autonomous AI deployment where the governance conversation shifts. It happens when the system does something correct that nobody anticipated. Not a failure. Not a hallucination. A good decision that was not in the original design. That is the moment most organizations realize their oversight model was built for a different kind of technology. Read on to find out what to do about it.

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