by Dave Hayward | Oct 28, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Life and work
AI FOMO is real, and there’s a version of it that doesn’t get talked about enough. It isn’t only the fear of losing your job to AI. It’s the fear that while you’re heads-down shipping work, someone else is building something that will...
by Dave Hayward | Oct 22, 2026 | AI, Business, Leadership
Leading through uncertainty is hard because most of the information around us produces feelings, not decisions. Descript’s CEO, Laura Burkhauser, has a simple tool for turning a shapeless worry into something you can act on: the sandwich bet. Here’s how it...
by Dave Hayward | Oct 21, 2026 | AI, AI Transformation, Ed Ortega
Most business processes weren’t designed around what’s best. They were designed around what was possible. When AI removes the constraint, most businesses keep the process anyway, and that’s one of the main reasons AI projects fail. Here’s what...
by Dave Hayward | Jun 14, 2026 | AI, AI Transformation, B2B Content Strategy, B2B Marketing, Brand, Brand Building, Business, Content strategy, Creativity, Dave Hayward, Europa Creative Partners, Founder-led marketing, Life and work, Marketing, Marketing as a service, Media, Performance marketing, Productivity, Psychology, Revenue, Sales
Kiwis don't talk about failure. So we built a stage for it. Get a room full of the smartest, most ambitious, most fun people in the business. Then ask them to talk about the worst calls of their careers. That was the brief for the inaugural Revved. Write-Offs last...
by Dev RRM | Apr 30, 2026 | AI, Business
Most AI investments don’t fail because the tools are wrong. They fail because the thinking underneath them hasn’t changed. The tools are advancing fast. The processes, the org structures, the assumptions about how work gets done – less so. And that...
by Dev RRM | Apr 20, 2026 | AI, Creativity, Productivity, Strategy
Most B2B marketing doesn’t fail because of poor execution. It fails because the thinking underneath it was never clear in the first place. The campaigns underperform. The messaging doesn’t land. The pipeline stays thin. And the response, almost...
