- Most companies do not have an AI strategy. They have pressure plus purchasing.
- A GPU order can make a room feel decisive without proving readiness.
- Workflow value matters more than model enthusiasm.
- Cost is not just compute. It is behavior, support burden, governance, retries, integration, and consequence.
- Ownership is not always leverage. Sometimes it is overhead wearing a strategic costume.
- Good executive judgment happens before the cleanup phase begins.
