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Steal My AI Adoption Project Schedule (.mpp)

Steal My AI Adoption Project Schedule (.mpp) I’m giving you the AI adoption project schedule my PMs start with. Not a framework. Not a maturity curve. A real Microsoft Project plan — with durations, dependencies, owners, and a visible critical path driving the adoption timeline. Most AI adoption plans don’t have any of that. They…
AI Adoption Strategy: From Task AI to Execution AI

AI Adoption Strategy: From Task AI to Execution AI What Project Server Taught Us About Organizational AI Adoption If you’re developing an AI adoption strategy for your organization, you’re likely facing a familiar pattern: initial excitement, scattered adoption, declining usage, and increasingly uncomfortable conversations about ROI. The challenge isn’t the technology—it’s the adoption model. The…
What Leaders Need to See Before Funding AI at Scale

What Leaders Need to See Before Funding AI at Scale Most leaders aren’t hesitant about AI because they don’t believe in it. They hesitate because they’ve seen this pattern before. A new technology shows promise.Excitement builds quickly.Budgets get approved early.And six months later, no one can clearly explain what value actually showed up — or…
AI Delivers the Most Value in the Most Ordinary Work

AI Delivers the Most Value in the Most Ordinary Work When people talk about AI at work, the examples are often dramatic. Entire processes transformed.Roles reimagined.Massive productivity gains promised in a single demo. But in practice, that’s not where most organizations see their first — or most sustainable — return on AI. The real value…
Why AI Adoption Needs a Roadmap, Not a Rollout

Why AI Adoption Needs a Roadmap, Not a Rollout Most organizations are trying to roll out AI. And that’s exactly the problem. Rollouts work when you’re deploying software.AI isn’t software — it’s a capability. You don’t roll out judgment.You don’t roll out decision-making.You don’t roll out new ways of working. You build them. That distinction…
Why AI Adoption Looks More Like a PMO Than a Tech Rollout

Why AI Adoption Looks More Like a PMO Than a Tech Rollout (And why that’s actually a good thing) For the last several years, I’ve helped organizations build PMOs that actually work — moving teams from chaotic delivery to confident, high-value execution. Recently, one of my long-term PMO clients — a consulting firm that helps…