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Early responses cluster on the Slope of Enlightenment and Plateau of Productivity — almost no one is stuck or disillusioned. The innovation graveyard, it turns out, is empty. And across every stage, nobody expects to be using less AI in six months.
The clearest ask from open-text responses: more practical how-tos. Safety — both as a topic of interest and as a real barrier to moving faster — came up often and unprompted.
I'm delighted by the early response. I'd love to hear from more of you — it takes about 2 minutes and genuinely shapes what I write about.
I've spent years in nonprofit technology consulting and IT leadership — the room where technology meets mission, and where good intentions don't always survive contact with the tools.
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