The AI race is becoming a test of strategy, not just software
THE SO WHAT
If AI is making everyone faster, advantage shifts from who has the best model to who’s pointing it at the right problems and wiring it into decision rights. This week’s move isn’t another tool pilot — it’s clarifying which decisions in your org you actually want to accelerate and which you need to slow down and govern.
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