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The AI Hype Meets Main Street Reality As the founder of a consulting firm that helps small businesses and non-profits navigate this new world, I should be riding this wave of optimism. But for months, I've had a nagging doubt. I’ve written before about the constraints SMBs and non profits operate within. I get it - they lack time, money, and staff.  But as I talk to Canadian small business owners and non-profit directors, I see a disconnect between the hype and the reality on the ground. Are...

Is It Really Different This Time? For any small business or non-profit leader, the relentless barrage of new technology can be exhausting. You are constantly told that the latest app, platform, or gadget is a “game-changer” you must adopt or risk being left behind. Amid this noise, the arrival of generative AI has felt louder and more urgent than anything that has come before. But this raises a big question: Is AI just the next incremental tool to manage, or does it represent a fundamental...

From Execution to Curation - A Transformation in Human Value.   [note: this article was first published in the KEI Network Newsletter on October 25th, 2025 - it is reposted here with permission] For most of our careers, value was created through execution. We built teams, optimized processes, and created products. But in the age of AI, this is changing. As artificial intelligence increasingly handles the technical labor of making things, the most vital human role is shifting “up the stack” ...