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Single Player vs Multiplayer AI
Why a license for everyone is not a strategy.
How it works
- 1Dropping a spreadsheet into a chat window is single player mode, and it works fine for one person.
- 2A business is a multiplayer environment: 20 brokers, a CRM with half the data, spreadsheets with a third, and a phone call nobody logged.
- 3Multiplayer AI requires a source of truth with an API, not a file 50 people email around.
- 4If your AI strategy is 'everyone got a license,' you are playing single player in a multiplayer game.
Hear it on the podcast
"We're AI-First!" No You're Not. Here's the Test.Listen to the episodeMore from this episode
The Factory Line Injection ModelJustin's mental model for where AI actually belongs in a process.The Real Spreadsheet AuditFind the hidden process that actually runs the company.Strategy as Forward DeploymentSwitchboard's anti-slide-deck approach to strategy.The Meritocracy of Being WrongHow Justin keeps the power dynamic from killing good ideas.
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