Tag Archives: Artificial Intelligence

In Defence of AI

Posted on April 30, 2026 by Eugene Ivanov

There is a well-known framework for understanding how people respond to loss. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. It was meant to describe how individuals cope with death and dying. It turns out … Continue reading →

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From Process to Practice: Who Runs It and How

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Eugene Ivanov

This is the fifth and final post in the series “Problem First: AI-Assisted Problem Solving for Organizations That Can’t Afford to Get It Wrong.” After I published the second post in this series, the one laying out a five-stage problem-solving … Continue reading →

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AI as Problem-Solving Partner: Doing It Right

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Eugene Ivanov

This is the fourth post in the series “Problem First: AI-Assisted Problem Solving for Organizations That Can’t Afford to Get It Wrong.” I ended the previous post with a claim that deserves scrutiny: that the real value of AI for … Continue reading →

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The Organizations That Need Problem Solving Most Are the Ones Doing It Least

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Eugene Ivanov

This is the third post in the series “Problem First: AI-Assisted Problem Solving for Organizations That Can’t Afford to Get It Wrong.” The first two posts in this series made a general case. Organizations are bad at defining problems. They … Continue reading →

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Why We’re So Bad at Solving Problems (And Why It Matters More Than Ever)

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Eugene Ivanov

This is the first post in the series “Problem First: AI-Assisted Problem Solving for Organizations That Can’t Afford to Get It Wrong.” Clients always come to me knowing what they want. Very often, however, they don’t do enough due diligence … Continue reading →

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The AI Paradox: Why SMEs Might Be Losing Ground Just When They Thought They’d Caught Up

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

Three months ago, I declared AI the great equalizer for small and medium enterprises. Today, I’m not so sure. In fact, I’m worried we might be celebrating prematurely — and that the very technology promising to level the playing field … Continue reading →

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Putting the Cart Before the Horse: What We’re Getting Wrong About AI

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

The debate about artificial intelligence has become exhaustingly predictable. On one side, we have doomsayers who celebrate every misstep—a misdrawn map of Europe, a miscounted number of r’s in “blueberry”—as proof that AI is fundamentally flawed. The word “hallucination” has … Continue reading →

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Unlocking SME Innovation: Why AI-Based Problem-Solving is the Great Equalizer

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

In mid-October 2009, I was visiting with a client, a large, Midwest-based paint and coating manufacturing company. As part of their product development process, the company’s engineers built a powerful outdoor pump to paint industrial buildings. The pump worked beautifully … Continue reading →

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Knowing Where You’re Going and Who’s Driving: How AI Is (and Isn’t) Reshaping Human Work

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

Integrating AI into business practice has gone from a fringe conversation to a boardroom imperative. From productivity gains to fears of de-skilling, the debate is divisive—some see AI as a game-changer for human potential; others worry it’s a slippery slope … Continue reading →

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In Silico Creativity. Part 3. AI and Creative Art

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-part series, I reviewed what is known about AI’s ability to generate poetry and music. This article is about what AI can do for creative art.  As AI systems like DALL-E, Midjourney, … Continue reading →

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