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Fresh thinking from the Xanadu team on AI, Canva and how the best organisations put them into production.
The AI Operating Model for Higher Education
Two years of policy work on what students cannot do with AI. Not one line on what the admissions team can. Here is what…
The AI Operating Model for Franchise and Multi-Site Operators
One promotion, forty versions of the artwork across the network, and nobody you can hold accountable. Here is what an AI operating model looks…
The AI Operating Model for Real Estate
Six subscriptions, no change to the business. Here is what separates real estate companies where AI runs in production from the ones still experimenting.
The AI questions you’re not asking yet
Recently, I wrote about the questions regional CEOs keep asking me about AI. Where do I start? How do I stay in control? Will…
Most AI projects quietly fail. Here’s how to know if yours will.
Most AI projects we see across the Gulf are quietly failing. Not loudly. There’s no crash and no post-mortem. The pilot just goes quiet,…
The questions regional CEOs keep asking me about AI
Most weeks, I’m across the table from a CEO somewhere in the Gulf. Real estate, financial services, government-adjacent businesses. A year ago, the AI…
You don’t have to rip out Adobe to stop overpaying for it
The biggest line in most enterprise creative budgets isn’t the software people use. It’s the software they don’t. Walk into almost any large organisation,…
The Hardest Part of a Brand Update Is Not the New Assets. It Is Retiring the Old Ones.
This is the most common failure mode in brand management, and it is almost never caused by negligence or a lack of care. It…
Canva AI 2.0 Is Not a Feature Update. It Is a Platform Shift.
The organisations that will fall behind on Canva AI 2.0 are not the ones that ignore it. They are the ones that treat it…
