Stephen Danelutti

AI and bureaucracy are not ordinary bedfellows but they now collide and company size and culture decides who adapts and who gets left behind. innerventur.es/2026/03/13/act…

You either believe these are urgent themes as humans are seemingly being squeezed out of work and we need to plan for relevance, innovation and change. Or it is all overblown and there is nothing to worry about - business can continue as usual. Thoughts. innerventur.es/2026/02/21/the…

AI’s rapid leaps are shaking markets, jobs and the wider tech world. With each new breakthrough, we’re pushed to choose our response — fear or innovation. innerventur.es/2026/02/07/ai-…

Technology adoption metrics get bandied about and poured over as if they were the ultimate truth. They are just a proxy for value. They are a precursor to it, no doubt, i.e. you need to have adoption before you can get to value outcomes. But they are not innerventur.es/2026/01/24/tec…

Some cautionary tales that remind me to remain grounded on what we are all here to do in business. For all the worry of AI taking over, at the heart of enterprise is still humans working together towards common goals that move us forward through innovatio innerventur.es/2025/12/13/ai-…

I’ve been pondering this recently based on the work I do making customers successful with their use of AI. Product knowledge has always been a key part of this type of work, i.e learning and keeping up to date with changing technology. Not so much anymore innerventur.es/2025/12/06/in-…

Dive into this collection of articles covering the twists and turns of AI-driven transformation. From kaizen-fueled strategies at Microsoft to debunked innovation fairy tales, you’ll discover why some AI projects soar while others don’t. innerventur.es/2025/09/20/sen…

31 months is a long time in technology and since I first reviewed Canva and Microsoft's tools side by side, everything has changed. AI happened. But Microsoft has also advanced the most from a tooling point of view. Check out how they stack up today innerventur.es/2025/09/06/bat…

Understanding AI Psychosis - A Reality Check innerventur.es/2025/08/23/und…

Agentic AI is the next stage of evolution for AI. This guide focuses on enterprise use and how to ensure that you know what Agents can do, how to ensure you build the right ones for your business and then get them into user's hands and driving value innerventur.es/2025/07/11/age…

AI makes content creation and distribution easy. The cost to create Apps is plummeting. It creates a choice trap and your attention is the victim. Ironically, AI can also be your salvation, providing you think intentionally and critically. innerventur.es/2025/06/29/the…

I had a terrible online customer service experience the other day (@SamsungUK it was you 😬). I share it just to show what bad looks like and how the promise of AI for customer service could easily take things from 1 star to 5 innerventur.es/2025/06/15/cus…

Too many times I see plans getting confused with strategies. Plans are easy and flow from good strategies which is what takes intellect and critical thinking - great explainer and example in this post. innerventur.es/2025/06/07/the…

After two intense years using (and helping customers use) Microsoft's AI technology for the enterprise - M365 Copilot - I've learned a thing or 5. And we've only started 🚀🤖 innerventur.es/2025/05/24/two…

Common themes in this post are Enterprise AI adoption is being gamed, not being measured properly or not being focused properly, i.e. on the right use cases. And strategies to counter AI by boosting our uniquely human capabilities, e.g. critical thinking innerventur.es/2025/05/10/sen…

Common themes these days are change and technology adoption, driven by advancing AI. A key takeaway is adapt or face obsolescence. While resisting harmful changes is necessary, embracing beneficial ones is crucial for progress. Just avoid bad practices. innerventur.es/2025/04/13/sen…

We are at the value proof stage for Enterprise AI and this still requires deep work. I've no doubt we will find evidence and there is a lot already and growing. The way to evidence is through business process optimisation, use cases and rapid prototyping innerventur.es/2025/04/05/ent…

Key themes this week include the urgency of moving AI experiments, particularly Agents, into production quickly. There's the debate on AI's impact on creativity. Finally, concerns about a two-tier adoption paradox between managers and users. innerventur.es/2025/03/22/sen…

When busy work takes over, you can lose touch. Good for flow and hyper productivity but there are downsides. Check in on yourself. Writing helps - like I'm doing here. Attitude is key; fight for your passion but don't deceive yourself. Have a fine day 😎 innerventur.es/2025/03/15/in-…

A mixed bag this week. From articles extolling the progress organisations are making with the next wave of AI, Agents. To the struggle many company's still have with getting users to adopt new technology. And some thoughts on critical thinking. innerventur.es/2025/03/08/sen…