When people think about breakthrough performance or innovation, they often picture a single, spectacular leap forward, the big idea that changes everything overnight. But the reality, especially in business, technology, and applied innovation, is that sustainable progress rarely happens in a single jump. It happens through the disciplined aggregation of marginal gains: the deliberate, persistent improvement of dozens (sometimes hundreds) of small things that, when compounded,

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AI isn’t failing because it lacks potential. It’s failing because the energy is misdirected. Vendors oversell frictionless transformations, executives over-strategise, and engineers quietly watch the gap between talk and traction widen. The pattern is obvious: too much noise, not enough doing. Sam Altman calls it the “fast-fashion era of SaaS.” Arthur de Vaublanc sees hype posts that feel like Ponzi schemes. Gregor Hohpe warns that the miracle-cure sellers drown out the real

Ideas are everywhere. Execution is rare. We’ve reached saturation point in AI hype, with panels, whitepapers, and pilots stacked high, yet little real progress where it counts. In construction, mining, and manufacturing, the gulf between PowerPoint and production has never been wider. The question that matters is simple: will you contribute to the noise, or will you lead the doing? 1. The Hype Spiral Is Broken Sam Altman warns of the “fast-fashion era of SaaS.” Arthur de Vaub

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