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At Future Works, we’ve been re-engineering our entire delivery system and have reached a major internal breakthrough.

We are now delivering critical digital and AI projects 2x faster.

On our path to 100x, 2x might not sound like much. But no one else has gotten there yet. For context, even OpenAI’s own stats from their Dev Day peg their internal efficiency gains at +70%.

We are pushing the boundary. To prove it, we launched a new website. It’s not a brochure, but a library of evidence.

See the proof for yourself.

In today's lineup: 

Robots

• Enterprise AI risk is now mainstream

• Real ROI from Gen AI

• Claude Agent Skills or OpenAI Custom GPTs?

People

• Kurzweil's mental model

Love

• How to deliver 2x faster

• Transformative Reads: Good to Great

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Top Insights

• The "Jobless Growth" economy becomes a C-Suite concern

• Jeff Bezos delivers a strong bullish signal on the AI market

• JPMorgan quantifies the AI economy's consumer impact at $180 Billion

• AI's "fizz" and strong bank results are fueling market confidence.

• ByteDance's global AI push challenges Western rivals.

Enterprise AI risk is now mainstream

AI now represents a core enterprise risk. A staggering 72% of S&P 500 companies disclose material AI threats in annual filings, a sixfold increase in just two years, as boards face intense pressure to govern growing reputational, cyber, and legal vulnerabilities.

Declining public trust compounds this internal challenge. Stanford's 2025 AI Index Report reveals a significant erosion of confidence, with 68% of consumers now less trusting of corporate AI than a year ago due to major concerns over data privacy and algorithmic bias.

How to build a resilient AI strategy

• Integrate AI into enterprise risk frameworks with the same rigor as financial and operational risks.

• Mandate AI-specific cybersecurity controls, including vendor oversight and resilience testing for AI-enabled threats.

• Establish a cross-functional AI governance council to centralize oversight and ensure clear accountability.

• Champion verifiable AI testing and auditing to build stakeholder trust and prepare for regulatory scrutiny.

Real ROI from Gen AI

How human-centric AI delivers business results

• BMW uses NVIDIA Omniverse to simulate factory layouts, helping planners improve worker ergonomics while reconfiguring production lines 30% faster.

• WellSpan Health clinicians use an AI copilot to automatically draft clinical notes, reducing documentation time by 40% and helping to fight burnout.

• Google DeepMind's GenCast AI is 97% more accurate than top models, enabling more reliable warnings for extreme weather.

Tool Spotlight

Your weekly briefing on tools that create competitive leverage

Claude Agent Skills or OpenAI Custom GPTs? Your AI workforce guide.

Claude Agent Skills

Best for: Enterprises needing to codify complex, internal workflows and procedural knowledge into scalable, developer-driven AI agents. Choose if you:

• Need to build agents with deep, structured knowledge of your company's specific processes.

• Prioritize a composable, file-based approach that integrates with developer workflows.

• Want to create highly specialized agents that can execute code and follow complex instructions reliably.

OpenAI Custom GPTs

Best for: Teams wanting to quickly create and deploy specialized AI assistants for a wide range of tasks using a simple, conversational interface. Choose if you:

• Need to rapidly build custom chatbots for specific functions (e.g., HR policy bot, marketing copy assistant).

• Prioritize ease of creation for both technical and non-technical users.

• Want to leverage a vast ecosystem and a user-friendly interface for building agents.

3 more agent-building platforms to explore...

• Microsoft Copilot Studio offers a low-code platform for customizing and building enterprise-grade AI copilots.

• Google's Vertex AI Agent Builder provides tools for creating advanced, search-and-conversation-powered AI applications.

• CrewAI is an open-source framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents to work together on complex tasks.

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Transformation Champion

Ray Kurzweil shows leaders how to stop planning linearly in an exponential world.

The futurist argues that most companies fail to grasp that progress is accelerating, causing them to miscalculate future opportunities and threats. He forecasts that AI will drive "incredible breakthroughs" by replacing slow and costly physical R&D with simulated "digital trials." This shift allows companies in sectors like health and manufacturing to innovate at a speed previously unimaginable, creating a critical advantage. His work provides a mental model for leaders to anticipate and act on the next wave of disruption.

Kurzweil says, "People do not appreciate that the rate of progress is accelerating."

How to deliver 2x faster

Most digital projects get stuck in endless cycles of planning and review, killing momentum. To break free, you must shift the focus from "being busy" to delivering tangible outcomes at high speed.

Here’s how you can start:

• Focus on outcomes, not projects.

• Deliver in small batches, not big bangs.

• Measure value, not busyness.

Have a project in mind? Let's talk.

Transformative Reads

One book, handpicked from my conversations with friends, industry leaders, and tech innovators:

Good to Great by Jim Collins answers a critical question: why do some companies achieve lasting greatness while others remain merely good? Collins reveals that breakthrough results come not from a single defining action but from the relentless pushing of a "flywheel." This cumulative momentum, built through disciplined people, thought, and action, eventually leads to a point of breakthrough.

Perfect for: CEOs, executives, and transformation leaders focused on building disciplined, high-performing teams and achieving sustainable, long-term market leadership..

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