Lead, Follow Or Get Out of the Way
Only 2.2% of American households pay for AI, and the ones that do can't make it pay. The intelligence layer is ready. The management layer isn't. Stop hand-formatting the deck. Go be the dinner.
Harry DeMott · Jul 19, 2026 · 18 min read
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