AI & Education

March 1, 2026

AI Fluency: Five Principles

What will differentiate capable workers in an AI-enabled economy is not their facility with AI tools, but the quality of thinking they bring to those tools.

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October 9, 2025

AI, Value Creation, and Competitive Advantage

How artificial intelligence is transforming the three primary means of creating value across industries, and why this creates a paradox.

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September 8, 2025

Thinking About AI

The rapid deployment of AI promises to disrupt higher education. The college professor's role is evolving from knowledge source to curator and guide.

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December 15, 2024

The Hollowing Out of Entry-Level White Collar Work

An unanticipated consequence of AI may be the elimination of entry-level white-collar jobs and the implications for workforce development.

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October 20, 2024

Three Use Cases for AI in the Classroom

How large language models are changing my approach to teaching through course design, assessment, and one-on-one tutoring.

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Value Creation

June 25, 2024

How Capital Creates Value

Understanding the power of capital accumulation through leverage and its role in economic growth.

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April 10, 2024

How Labor Creates Value

Examining how business owners can use labor as leverage to amplify their own efforts and create market value.

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February 18, 2024

Four Drivers of Value Creation

Innovation, quality, reach, and efficiency—the four primary ways businesses create value by reallocating resources.

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November 12, 2023

The (Equal) Importance of both Convergent and Divergent Thinking in Value Creation

Understanding how both creative divergent thinking and analytical convergent thinking are essential for entrepreneurial value creation.

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October 5, 2023

Three Drivers of Value Creation

How organizations create social value through innovation, operational efficiency, and market expansion.

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August 22, 2023

On Value Creation

The fundamental concept: a business can only succeed by identifying opportunities to generate increases in market value.

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June 15, 2023

Value Creation: An Introduction

Exploring the social purpose of business and how the pursuit of profit efficiently motivates the reallocation of resources.

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Entrepreneurship & Strategy

September 18, 2023

Allocating Your Time for Value Creation

Understanding comparative advantage and opportunity cost when deciding which activities to delegate versus do yourself.

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July 30, 2023

On Entrepreneurship

Like an engineer who understands the combustion engine, an entrepreneur understands how value is created in markets.

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Reflections

January 28, 2024

On Attention

You're always paying attention to something. If you want to live a more satisfying life, deliberately choose what that is.

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December 20, 2023

How Much for That Banana?

What makes a banana taped to a wall worth $120,000? Exploring different concepts of value through Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian.

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