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Using AI Isn’t the Same as Getting Value From It
AI access is no longer the issue Most organizations are already there. Tools are in place. Teams are experimenting. Research shows that 78% of organizations are using AI in at least one business function, and 75% of knowledge workers report using AI at work. That sounds like progress. But when you look at how the business actually operates, something doesn’t line up. Because despite that level of adoption, more than 80% of organizations are not seeing a meaningful financial i
Heidi Schwende
Apr 85 min read


Most Companies Misunderstand the Difference Between Chatbots and Conversational AI
Why the distinction matters more than most organizations realize For most customers, the experience is familiar. You open a company’s website looking for help. A chat window appears in the corner of the screen. You type a question and wait for a response. Sometimes the answer comes quickly and solves the problem. Other times the conversation goes in circles, leaving you frustrated and searching for a way to reach a real person. What most people don’t realize is that these exp
Heidi Schwende
Mar 116 min read


The Agentification of B2B
Mid-Market Companies Can Play This Game Too Big tech is buying up AI sales agent companies. The acquisitions are making headlines, and the enterprise platforms are racing to build autonomous pipeline generation into everything they sell. If you're running marketing or sales at a mid-market company, you might assume this doesn't apply to you. Enterprise tech, enterprise budgets, enterprise problems. That's wrong. And waiting to find out could cost you. What's Actually Changing
Heidi Schwende
Jan 63 min read


McKinsey Says Your Customers Changed Years Ago
An Analysis of the Data McKinsey just dropped their State of the Consumer 2025 report, and if you're in marketing, you need to pay attention. Not because it's telling us anything shocking—but because it's confirming what many of us have been watching unfold in real-time with actual data that C-suite executives might actually believe. The headline? The pandemic didn't just temporarily disrupt consumer behavior. It permanently rewired it. And if you're still waiting for things
Heidi Schwende
Dec 15, 202510 min read
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