How to build an AI strategy that survives the bubble pop
To prepare for a potential AI investment bubble burst, companies should focus their strategies on "invariants" rather than unpredictable future advancements in model capabilities. …
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Brian Madden
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How a futurist reads AI news. (Hint: ignore most of it.)
The author argues that much of the current AI news cycle is mere noise and that a futurist's true role is to narrow the "cone of uncertainty" by identifying the most likely future …
The 7-stage roadmap for human-AI collaboration (2026 Edition)
The author presents an updated seven-stage roadmap detailing the evolution of human-AI collaboration, focusing on how a worker's role shifts from using AI for simple tasks to manag…
Announcing our new podcast: the Citrix AI Hotsheet
Citrix colleagues Dave Brear and Brian Madden have launched "The Citrix AI Hotsheet," a new podcast exploring the practical integration of AI into enterprise workspaces and End Use…
Why enterprise AI agents disappoint (and why the fix is not “better agents”)
The author argues that many enterprises are failing at AI implementation because they are attempting to jump directly from basic chat interfaces ("crawling") to autonomous agents (…
The SaaSpocalypse won’t touch the enterprise software moat
While some argue that AI will destroy the SaaS industry by allowing users to rebuild their own tools, the author contends this only threatens "shallow" software that relies primari…
What’s left for humans?
As AI automates more tasks, human work will evolve from performing processes to governing the complex ecosystem of AI agents, specifically regarding expanded risks, identity manage…
Skills are all you need
The article introduces "AI skills" as plain-English instruction files that enable AI models to perform complex tasks, effectively replacing traditional software applications and ad…
Understanding the cognitive stack: why your AI strategy is focused on the wrong layer
The article argues that AI agents are transitioning from standalone hype into invisible "claws" that serve as mere infrastructure for a more important cognitive "brain." The author…
What will knowledge work be in 18 months? Look at what AI is doing to coding right now.
The article argues that the five-level framework describing AI's evolution in software engineering—moving from simple autocomplete to an automated "dark factory"—is equally applica…
Workers’ “second brains” break every assumption about how we secure knowledge work
Reflecting on their first year at Citrix, the author argues that "second brain" AI systems are fundamentally transforming knowledge work by digitizing the previously invisible real…
OpenClaw and Moltbook preview the changes needed with corporate AI governance
The article highlights a growing shift toward "personal AI," where employees are increasingly adopting autonomous, action-oriented agents like OpenClaw to optimize their individual…