The Dunning–Kruger Effect of AI Adoption: When Confidence Outpaces Competence
When Confidence Outpaces AI-Competence I first came across the Dunning–Kruger Effect listening to John Cleese joking about “stupid people not knowing they’re stupid.” It was funny, until I realized how true it is, especially in business. The Dunning–Kruger Effect describes a psychological bias where people with little experience in a domain tend to overestimate their […]
What 100 Executives Taught Me About AI
Over the past nine months, I’ve had the privilege of sitting down with more than 100 executives to explore AI, its strategic value, tactical implementation, and operational implications. What an experience! Each workshop brought different industries, perspectives, and energy. Yet across all of them, I noticed consistent patterns, moments of genuine insight, and of […]
Smarter Decisions (3/3)
Decision Debt: Why Digital Transformation Keeps Stalling “Let’s do the Brownfield conversion now. We’ll deal with the data later.” I heard this sentence so many times. It sounds pragmatic. Rational. Focused. But it’s not. Behind this single sentence lies a series of silent, postponed decisions: Not clarifying the business value you need Not defining or aligning with a broader data strategy Not preparing for the age of AI Not investing in cleaner, […]
Smarter Decisions (2/3)
My Process for Clarity Under Pressure After my last post on decision-making, I got a number of thoughtful questions and I want to use this second post to dive deeper into some of them. The questions I heard most were: What are your key takeaways from Daniel Kahneman’s book? How do you prepare for […]
Smarter Decisions (1/3)
Did I Make the Right Decision – Or Was It Just Luck? How Smart Decision are made and how we judge them Looking back, everything feels so obvious. The player that should have been substituted half-time, the meal choice, the sales person I hired, the discount I gave or the prospect I didn’t call. But […]
Introducing Cirql One
Dear network, I’m excited to announce my next entrepreneurial chapter: the official launch of Cirql One – a Data & AI boutique helping organizations to successfully derive tangible business value from AI. Our particular focus is to be a trusted partner in managing the golden triangle of AI success: People, Data and AI. The past […]