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A collection of viewpoints, articles and opinions on user experience, technology, AI, and leadership in ever-evolving, high stakes industries.

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Executive Overconfidence Meets Opportunity in AI

Regulated industries have higher AI trust rates but are stuck on chatbots (and saddled with a case of executive overconfidence). Learn why healthcare, finance & insurance need better AI strategies.

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Three Rules to Create Better Tech, Faster

Learn why a lack of deadline rules causes most digital transformation projects to fail and how proper timeline management forces decisions, prevents scope creep, and delivers results.

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iOS 26 is coming whether you like it or not

Apple releases a new operating system every fall. However, it’s been several years since one garnered as much pre-season speculation and hand-wringing as iOS 26. Read on for what to expect, and a link to our exclusive readiness guide.

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Softening User Rage Moments

User rage is something most leaders don't like to think about. Handle it well (like KFC did with their FCK campaign) and you can generate goodwill. But ignore it and watch your churn rates skyrocket.

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What Drives the Highest ROI When Developing Tech Products?

This article provides a framework for thinking about ROI decisions and some concrete things to look for. If your organization could benefit from help with designing exactly what that could look like for your situation, that’s something we do for clients a few dozen times per year, and you can learn more here.

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The greatest visionary in the world

It’s satire. It’s a love letter. It’s a light roast with notes of disruption.

Meet Everest Kale, the visionary behind KNOWN2MAN—a product designed to solve every problem known to man in just six weeks. What could possibly go wrong?

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Magnetic Tech: What Insurance Has Been Missing

If you’ve made your career in insurance (or another highly regulated industry), you may have resigned yourself to the idea that those aesthetic, user-friendly digital experiences you see in the best consumer apps aren’t for you. Not only are they available to insurance, but they drive customer loyalty and brand connection.

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The 5 essential team members you need to build a revolutionary tech product

Are you expending a lot of energy trying to force yourself to do everything–even things you’re not good at? Are you delaying bringing the team into your vision? Way too many visionaries try to carry more than they should, stretching themselves into roles they aren’t well-suited to. However, products that succeed do so because they incorporate a team that hits all of the right angles by letting each person do what comes naturally to them.

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What to build first: the hardest question in product strategy

Roadmapping is one of the most underrated factors in highly regulated industry product success.

The greatest product idea, the most eye-catching marketing plan, and the most well-coded, secure, compliant product will fail if it lacks a thoughtful roadmap.

A roadmap isn’t just a list of features—it’s your strategy for surviving the constraints and still delivering something users care about. For founders, the question isn’t just what to build—it’s what to build first, and what to leave out for now.

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Apple vs. BlackBerry: People Don’t Buy Features, They Buy Feelings

There’s a trap visionary founders fall into all the time: assuming users are buying the same thing you’re building.

They’re not buying secure email. They’re not buying multitouch screens. They’re buying a story about themselves. They’re buying a feeling.

In this installment, we’re looking at one of the clearest case studies in tech history: Apple vs. BlackBerry. Both had vision. One built a product. The other built an identity.

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