Journal

AI systems and agent engineering insights

Notes on shipping AI into production — strategy, agentic systems, and the operational craft behind systems that actually work.

September 3, 20265 min read

AI Readiness Assessment Checklist for Enterprise Teams

A practical checklist for evaluating strategy, workflows, data, technology, team capability, governance, and change readiness before funding an AI initiative.

AI StrategyReadinessEnterprise AI

September 3, 20266 min read

Build vs Buy for Custom AI Systems

A decision framework for separating commodity AI from differentiating workflows and choosing when to buy software, configure a platform, or build custom.

Custom AIBuild vs BuyAI Product Development

September 3, 20268 min read

How to Evaluate Enterprise AI Agents Before Production

Evaluate enterprise AI agents before production and re-approve the full system after changes to models, tools, permissions, policies, or monitoring.

AI AgentsEvaluationGovernance

September 3, 20265 min read

How to Move an AI Pilot Into Production

Diagnose why an AI pilot stalled and rebuild the path to production through workflow design, evaluation, integration, governance, adoption, and measurement.

AI ImplementationProduction AIAI Strategy

May 8, 20267 min read

How to Build an AI-Native Company

Learn what an AI-native operating model looks like and how established companies can introduce queryable workflows, closed loops, and agent-assisted delivery.

StrategyAI-NativeOperations