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AI Won’t Run Your Events – It Exposes Who’s Actually Working
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AI Won’t Run Your Events – It Exposes Who’s Actually Working

The founder who says “AI runs our events” Every few weeks, I hear some version of this: “We use AI to run our event strategy.” Usually that means: They have Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini open in a tab. Their event data, CRM, and spreadsheets are sitting in ten other systems. The “strategy” is whatever one model […]

The Leader's Journal

One idea. One system. One shift. Every week.

No recycled quotes. No motivational filler. Just clean, sharp thinking on how to build better.