About AI, Upfront
The weekly AI briefing for leaders who are done with the hype — and ready to do the work.
The internet has no shortage of AI content. Hot takes, breathless announcements, beginner tutorials, and vendor promises are everywhere. What’s missing is something more useful: clear, honest perspective on what AI actually requires of the people responsible for making it work inside real organizations.
Who this is for:
AI, Upfront is written for leaders who carry accountability for AI outcomes: managers, VPs, GMs, directors, and executives who have (or have been handed) an AI mandate and are figuring out what to actually do with it.
This isn’t a newsletter for engineers or founders building AI products.
This is a newsletter for accountable AI leaders.
If you’re the person your organization looks to for AI direction, and you feel the gap between what’s expected of you and what you’re doing with AI, you’re exactly who I’m writing for.
What you’ll find here:
Every week, I publish a new briefing covering one of four areas:
AI in your hands: How to use and deploy AI as a leader, personally and across the people you manage. Practical, specific, and immediately applicable.
The AI-ready organization: The human, cultural, and organizational dimensions of AI adoption that most strategies ignore and most initiatives underestimate.
The AI economy: The business and commercial realities of AI, including ROI, cost, governance, and what boards are actually asking for.
Operator dispatches: First-hand observations and lessons from the field, drawn from direct experience working with organizations navigating AI adoption and transformation.
Your guide:
I’m Barry Po, founder and CEO of Brilliant, an AI transformation company, and a veteran C-suite operator who has spent decades taking complex products and services to market for some of the world’s most recognized organizations. I hold a PhD in Computer Science and have led teams at every level, from the shop floor to the boardroom.
AI, Upfront is where I share what I’ve learned. Without the hype, without the vendor agenda, and without pretending the answers are simpler than they are.
If you’re looking for someone to tell you AI is easy, this isn’t the right newsletter. If you’re looking for someone who has been where you are and will give you straight talk about what it actually takes — subscribe, and let’s get to work.
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