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Your AI Committee Got You Aligned. An AI Sprint Gets You Building.

Your AI Committee Got You Aligned. An AI Sprint Gets You Building.

An AI governance committee builds alignment on how your organization will use AI. An AI strategy sprint builds the thing itself — a working agent, live in your operations, inside a single quarter. Most B2B companies have the first. Almost none have s…

Marketing Attribution Isn't Broken. Your Definition Is.

Marketing Attribution Isn't Broken. Your Definition Is.

Most businesses run into the same wall eventually: marketing says the funnel is working, finance says the bank account doesn't reflect it. Both are looking at real numbers. They just aren't looking at the same math. That gap isn't a personality probl…

The Three-Bucket Prioritization Framework Every Leadership Team Needs

The Three-Bucket Prioritization Framework Every Leadership Team Needs

I was with my executive peer group recently, and we were working through a familiar problem together: too many priorities and not enough clarity for deciding which ones actually belong on the list. It always seems to go this way. The whiteboard fills…

11 Senior Living Marketing Trends for 2026

11 Senior Living Marketing Trends for 2026

I spent the week at the Senior Living Executive Conference. Below are the nuggets that actually move revenue, sorted into the three buckets I care about most: marketing, sales, and AI. Tip: If you only read one section, read AI.

The 3 Sins of Privately Held Companies

The 3 Sins of Privately Held Companies

I sat in on a session at the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association conference led by Lee Roberts, Partner and Managing Director at Creative Planning Business Services. He talked about the businesses that fail because of three predictable patterns…

HubSpot AI Agents Explained: Customer, Prospecting & Deal Loss

HubSpot AI Agents Explained: Customer, Prospecting & Deal Loss

HubSpot AI Agents, Explained: What we covered in our live workshop There’s been a lot of talk about HubSpot AI Agents lately. And while the excitement is high, many teams are still trying to figure out what these agents actually do inside HubSpot and…

Why (and When) Emotion Should Influence Decision-Making

Why (and When) Emotion Should Influence Decision-Making

I’ll never forget those moments early in my career. Standing in a room full of decision makers. I had an opinion, but it was just a gut feeling. I couldn’t put words to why I felt that way — I just did. So, I stayed silent. Turns out, my gut was righ…

Why Most Sales Management Software Fails — and How To Fix It

Why Most Sales Management Software Fails — and How To Fix It

Stop Buying Sales Software. Start Building Sales Systems. Most sales teams don’t need another tool. They need a system that actually helps people sell. That’s the difference between chasing the next “sales management software” trend and building a sc…