The River Doesn't Wait
A book about navigating agentic AI as a strategic challenge, and the continuing read on where the 'current' of AI is moving next.
Blaine Mathieu, its author, is a senior technology executive, strategy consultant, and facilitator who works with enterprise leadership teams navigating the agentic AI shift.
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Issue 2 ยท June 2026
The prize and the peril are the same move
Three moves in the last two weeks each handed you the upside and the exposure in the same act: an agent that now lives inside your company's Slack, a Chinese model that does the same work for a fortieth of the price, and a hard reminder that the speed you buy with automation gets paid for in judgment. You can't take the prize without touching the peril.