Europe’s defense industry may be facing a Kodak moment

Posted by Dan Toma
On 12/09/2026

Europe’s defense industry may be facing a Kodak moment. The issue isn’t whether low-cost drones are better than tanks, artillery, or missiles. It’s whether they are changing the economics of warfare. As the cost of attack falls dramatically, Europe risks continuing to optimize for increasingly sophisticated systems while missing a fundamental shift in what “military value” means.

Who Gets Blamed When You Kill the Pilot?

Posted by Sara Husk
On 27/08/2026

Stopping work that isn’t paying off sounds obvious, but organizations struggle to do it. Projects become “zombies,” consuming budget and attention because stopping them feels like admitting failure. The solution isn’t more courage—it’s structure: agree the criteria for stopping before the work begins and assign clear ownership. In the age of AI, knowing when and how to stop is becoming as important as knowing what to fund.

Who Should Own the AI Budget—and Why This Is a Terrible Question

Posted by Dan Toma
On 03/05/2026

Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from being an experimental technology to becoming one of the largest budget priorities in most organizations. In many companies today, a significant portion of discretionary spending is being redirected toward AI initiatives, pilots, tools, talent, and infrastructure. As usually happens in corporate environments, budget allocation is never just about money—it […]

You Can’t Delegate AI Transformation

Posted by Lucy Dinu
On 12/02/2026

BCG published a report in September 2025, according to which leaders who personally experiment with AI tools, achieve outcomes up to 12 times better than those who delegate exploration to their teams. 12 times! The technology is the same across organizations, but the difference consists of how leaders interpret, guide, and integrate it into the […]

Defensive vs. Progressive transformations

Posted by Dan Toma
On 05/05/2020

Most corporations in need of transformation are complex organizations. This complexity was built in decades of focusing on optimizing the core business. With complexity people tend to lose sight of the big picture and become specialized. Hence the problem they see in front of them looks like the most important and urgent, while everything else […]