2 July 2026
Adoption is a decision. Proficiency is a system.
Two large May 2026 studies agree on where AI value gets stuck, and it is not in your employees.
Writing.
News-led essays on AI adoption, agents in operations and the future of work. An operator's view from Zürich, built on the Blank Collar work.
2 July 2026
The agents arrived before the operating model
Gartner expects task agents in 40 percent of enterprise apps by the end of 2026, and expects over 40 percent of agentic projects to be canceled by 2027. Both forecasts are right, for the same reason.
2 July 2026
The first rung did not disappear. It moved.
Stanford's payroll-data study found a 13 percent relative employment decline for the youngest workers in AI-exposed jobs, while entry-level hiring projections rose. Both facts are the same story.
2 July 2026
Switzerland runs on AI now. Quietly.
EY counted 89 percent of Swiss respondents using AI in daily work in May 2026. The interesting part is what has not changed yet.
2 July 2026
One person, many hands
Agent use inside Microsoft 365 grew 15 times in a year. For solo operators the constraint has moved from hands to standards.