The Meeting Where the Question Settled Itself The scene has repeated itself in mid-market boardrooms with remarkable consistency over the past two years. A leadership team convenes for its…
by John Bentley II, CTO Consultant The first version of my AI workflow looked like one assistant doing one job. A potential client opportunity came in. The AI evaluated the…
Your next customer will probably arrive as software. Not as a chatbot, and not as a person using an AI tool to write a better email. As an agent: software…
by Craig Utley, CIO Consultant Last year, global corporate investment in artificial intelligence more than doubled, reaching $581.7 billion. Yet, a harsh reality has set in for many executives: over 80% of…
Every week brings another announcement. A new model that benchmarks higher than last month's leader. A new agent framework promising autonomous workflows. A new vertical tool claiming to transform your…
Somewhere in your organization right now, a mid-level analyst is quietly doing the most valuable AI research your company will fund this year. She is not on the AI steering…
Innovation Vista's annual benchmark estimates the share of mid-market companies ($10M–$1B in revenue) across 18 industries that have reached Stabilized, Optimized, and Monetized maturity across three dimensions; Data, Business Intelligence,…
There are two kinds of leaders in the mid-market right now, and they believe they have nothing in common. The first froze entry-level hiring eighteen months ago. AI can do…
The board had your AI strategy in hand. You presented it last quarter; the deck was good. Then, a few minutes into this quarter's meeting, a director set it aside…
How to navigate a crowded, confusing market and find the right technology leadership for your organization The market for AI Strategy, Virtual CIO, Fractional CIO, and Interim CIO services has…
