Insights & Innovation

Storm's a Brewing: Why Private Equity's Old Playbook Stopped Working, and What Comes Next

I've culminated my observations of shifts in the PE industry into a blog series, introduced here.

John Rudd

September 16, 2026

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Agents for Data Analysis: The Four Architectures

Jackson Rudd

September 1, 2026

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Good Technology Makes the Complex Simple

Good technology makes the complex simple, and bad technology does the opposite. At my first LightSight AI client, the sales order process was clearly in the second camp.

Ellie Abbasi

August 28, 2026

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Agile in the AI World Is More Relevant Than Ever: Part Two

Part two of my thoughts on Agile in the world of AI.

John Rudd

August 26, 2026

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We're Speaking at the SAFe & AI Summit

Will and I are excited to announce that we are speaking at the SAFe & AI Summit in San Diego next month.

John Rudd

August 20, 2026

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Agile in the AI World Is More Relevant Than Ever

Agile is not currently at the center of the AI discussion, but it should be.

John Rudd

August 18, 2026

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Agile in the Age of AI

Agile and the Agile practices are by no means dead. In fact, over 85% of all teams in a recent survey claim they still use various Agile practices. However the Agile cloak has clearly tarnished. Even those respondenting to the State of Agile survey dropped by 90% from 2023 to 2025. Less Agile roles, less Agile enthusiasm. Here's how Agile is changing in the world of AI and why it's posed for a comeback.

John Rudd

July 6, 2026

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Why SMBs Should Build More

Agentic coding has fundamentally changed the skill variable in the build-vs-buy. The opportunity isn't replacing enterprise SaaS like Salesforce, but it is automating the internal processes that set your business apart.

Will Callaway

April 9, 2026

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Ready, Aim, Fire: Sandbags Are Not a Strategy

Sandbags are not a strategy: at best, they are a tactic for addressing a new reality. The old playbook doesn't hold up in a new environment.

John Rudd

April 3, 2026

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Ready, Aim, Fire: The Age of the Finch

We live now in the age of the finch. The question now is whether your organization can adapt in real time to an environment that refuses to hold still.

John Rudd

March 26, 2026

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DeepEval

An exploration and analysis of DeepEval as a tool, with guidance on how to leverage synthetic data in your evaluation pipeline.

Beau Dekker

March 24, 2026

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Ready, Aim, Fire: The Good News Is… We Have All the Answers

The answers are already there. Organizations have all the knowledge, insight, and creative intelligence they need to continuously innovate and improve. It is leadership’s job to get them out.

John Rudd

March 19, 2026

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