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Building an AI Operating Model: How Enterprises Move From Experiments to Execution
AI adoption across large enterprises is accelerating, yet execution continues to lag behind ambition. Leadership teams approve pilots, innovation teams test tools, and vendors promise transformation. Still, most organizations struggle to move AI beyond isolated experiments into reliable, scalable execution that delivers sustained business value. The challenge rarely sits with technology. Enterprises already have access to advanced models, platforms, and data. The real constra
Kurt Smith
Jan 156 min read


The 2026 Data Strategy Guide: Setting the Foundation for Analytics and AI
Data sits at the center of nearly every strategic conversation happening inside large enterprises today. Growth, efficiency, resilience, customer experience, and innovation increasingly depend on how well data is collected, governed, and used. Yet for many organizations, data remains fragmented across legacy systems, cloud platforms, and disconnected teams, limiting its ability to support analytics and AI at scale. As organizations look ahead to 2026, expectations around data
Kurt Smith
Jan 76 min read


Turning AI Ambition Into Business Value: A Practical Enterprise Guide
AI has moved out of the lab and into boardroom conversations. Most enterprises now agree it matters. Far fewer agree on what to do next, how much to invest, or how to ensure real outcomes instead of another wave of disconnected experiments. Across industries, leadership teams are facing the same tension. Expectations around artificial intelligence are high, but the path from ambition to business value feels uncertain. Data lives in silos. Pilots show promise but stall. Govern
Kurt Smith
Dec 16, 20257 min read


How to Modernize Your Data Architecture for AI in 2026
Modernizing your data architecture is no longer a technical luxury. It's a strategic imperative for organizations that want to compete in the age of AI-driven decision-making, real-time analytics, and scalable digital transformation. As 2026 approaches, businesses face mounting pressure to replatform from fragmented legacy systems to unified, intelligent, and secure data environments that are purpose-built for artificial intelligence. Data is the raw material of AI. Without
Kurt Smith
Dec 11, 20255 min read


Trustworthy AI in 2026: Practical Steps for Responsible Data Use
AI now touches almost every data flow inside a modern enterprise. Customer journeys, financial decisions, workforce planning, product roadmaps, and risk controls all increasingly depend on AI models that learn from and act on sensitive information. Leadership teams feel a growing tension. They want the speed, creativity, and scale that AI enables, but they cannot afford to lose control of how data is collected, used, and shared. Regulators are tightening expectations, custome
Kurt Smith
Dec 10, 202511 min read


How to Build a Data Governance Framework That Actually Works in 2026
Data leaders are under pressure from every direction. AI teams want faster access to training data. Security teams worry about exposure. Regulators keep tightening expectations. Meanwhile, business stakeholders just want accurate reports that they can trust. Data is one of the most powerful assets an enterprise possesses, but without governance, it can quickly become one of the greatest liabilities. The gap between promise and reality is exactly where most data governance fra
Kurt Smith
Dec 2, 202512 min read


The Executive Guide to Prioritizing Technical Projects Strategically
Technical leaders rarely suffer from a lack of ideas. The real headache is deciding what deserves attention first when every initiative looks urgent, strategic, and overdue at the same time. A modern executive who owns technology is navigating customer expectations, security threats, regulatory pressure, AI opportunities, and a backlog that never seems to shrink. This guide is written for that executive reality. The goal is not to give you another theoretical framework, but a
Kurt Smith
Nov 21, 202510 min read


From Data Chaos to Clarity: Building a Unified Data Strategy That Delivers ROI
Data has become one of the most valuable resources in the modern enterprise, yet for many organizations, it's also the most underutilized. Between disconnected systems, ungoverned silos, and legacy infrastructure, most companies face what can only be described as data chaos. The symptoms are familiar: inconsistent reporting, delayed insights, underperforming AI initiatives, and frustrated decision-makers. The root cause? A fragmented approach to data management. Building a un
Kurt Smith
Nov 13, 20254 min read


Working Excellence CISO James Gorman Named a Top Global CISO for 2025 by Cyber Defense Magazine
Reston, VA, November 5, 2025 – Working Excellence announced today that James Gorman, Chief Information Security Officer , has been recognized by Cyber Defense Magazine as one of the Top Global CISOs for 2025 . The recognition was presented at CyberDefenseCon 2025 , one of the world’s leading gatherings of cybersecurity executives and industry innovators. The Top Global CISOs list honors leaders who are redefining cybersecurity through trust, strategy, and innovation. Gorm
Kurt Smith
Nov 5, 20253 min read


Intelligent Automation: AI Agents in Enterprise Workflows
Enterprises everywhere are striving to balance speed, accuracy, and innovation while managing an ocean of repetitive work and fragmented systems. Intelligent automation has emerged as the bridge between human creativity and digital precision, with AI agents redefining how workflows operate across departments, systems, and processes. AI agents aren’t just automated scripts. They are adaptive digital teammates that interpret data, make decisions, and act across platforms. When
Kurt Smith
Oct 28, 20254 min read


Data Governance for AI: Enabling Trustworthy Insight
Every business leader today feels the pressure to scale AI quickly, but many also feel the uncertainty that comes with it. How do you unlock innovation without losing control? How can you trust insights generated by algorithms you can’t fully explain? These are not small questions, and they are exactly why data governance for AI has become one of the most important disciplines in modern enterprise management. AI has changed how organizations think about data. Models are no l
Kurt Smith
Oct 16, 20255 min read


Cybersecurity for M&A: Due-Diligence Best Practices
Mergers and acquisitions are milestones that can redefine a company’s trajectory. Yet, behind every exciting deal lies a web of risks...
Kurt Smith
Oct 8, 20255 min read


vCISO Services: Executive Security Leadership on Demand
Modern enterprises face a volatile mix of threats, regulatory pressure, and a growing need for cybersecurity accountability at the...
Kurt Smith
Sep 24, 20255 min read


AI-Powered Data Analytics: Closing the Insight-to-Action Gap
Enterprises generate oceans of data every day, but the real challenge lies in moving from raw numbers to decisions that truly shape...
Kurt Smith
Sep 16, 20255 min read


Custom AI Agent Development vs. Off-the-Shelf Platforms
The race to integrate artificial intelligence into business operations has become one of the defining challenges for leaders across...
Kurt Smith
Sep 10, 20255 min read


Strategic Data Monetization: Turning Insights into Revenue
Every modern enterprise collects data. But few know how to turn that data into actual, measurable revenue . Strategic data monetization...
Kurt Smith
Aug 28, 20254 min read


AI Agents for Business: Achieving Scalable, Intelligent Operations
The modern enterprise isn't just digitizing processes; it's reimagining how work gets done. Traditional automation tools can only go so...
Kurt Smith
Aug 7, 20254 min read


AI-Enhanced Threat Detection: Integrating ML into SOC Workflows
Modern security operations centers (SOCs) face an unprecedented volume and velocity of threats. Traditional rule-based detection methods,...
Kurt Smith
Aug 5, 20255 min read


From Compliance to Competitive Edge: Cybersecurity Strategy Development
Enterprises no longer have the luxury of treating cybersecurity as a defensive afterthought. In a digital ecosystem defined by...
Kurt Smith
Jul 29, 20254 min read


Building an AI Center of Excellence
Enterprises are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, but only a few achieve sustainable, scalable impact. The difference often...
Kurt Smith
Jul 24, 20254 min read
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