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The Quiet AI Divide in Vancouver: Teams With Owners Are Shipping, Everyone Else Is Stuck
Vancouver, Canada, February 12, 2026 (PM) — Vancouver leaders want cost reduction, growth, and better CX from AI, but most cite skills and data quality as blockers. Governance remains the weak link.

JR
Feb 138 min read


AI Is Not the Bottleneck. Ownership Is: What Vancouver Leaders Told Us (and What the Data Confirms)
Vancouver, Canada, February 12, 2026 (AM) — Leaders want cost reduction, growth, and better CX from AI, but most lack a single accountable owner, KPIs, and safe-use rules. Here’s the fix.

JR
Feb 138 min read


The Ownership Gap: What Vancouver Leaders Told Us About AI Readiness
Vancouver, Canada, February 11, 2026 — A Vancouver workshop survey reveals a consistent pattern: leaders want growth from AI, but most lack clear ownership, governance, and production discipline. Here’s what to do next.

JR
Feb 129 min read


Making AI Useful: What the Vancouver Survey Says Leaders Actually Need
Vancouver, Canada, February 10, 2026 — A small Vancouver workshop dataset (n=12) reveals a familiar pattern: leaders want cost reduction and growth, but skills, ownership, and governance gaps stall AI from reaching production.

JR
Feb 119 min read


GPS Summit vs. AI Conference 2026
Why GPS Summit Is the Strategic Choice for Enterprise AI Transformation? The Core Difference Both events are in Las Vegas. Both focus on artificial intelligence. But the outcomes couldn't be more different. AI Conference 2026 (August 4-6) is North America's largest AI conference, 12,000 attendees, 1,000 speakers, 400 exhibitors across nearly 1 million square feet. It's a massive industry event focused on thought leadership, networking, case studies, and learning about AI tre

Jen Bato
Jan 273 min read


GPS Summit: AI Systems Generalist Certification
Develop the Internal Leader Who Rewires Your Company for the AI Age Your organization is leaning into AI. But do you have the internal leadership to execute? Future-proofing requires more than technology adoption. It requires an internal AI Systems Generalist who can drive transformation across Finance, HR, Sales, Operations, Marketing, Product, and IT. This role needs to exist in your organization. If you don't have someone who can fill it, the GPS Summit will train and cert

Troy Beetz
Jan 201 min read


The Consolidation Era Begins: Enterprise AI in 2026
Issue #1 | January 2026 | Strategic Growth Intelligence From the desk of Troy Beetz, Chief Growth Officer Executive Summary If you've been wondering when enterprises would stop piloting every AI tool under the sun and start making real strategic decisions, 2026 appears as the inflection point. Our analysis of recent VC insights, market trends, and client data reveals a fundamental shift in how enterprises approach AI investment. Market Snapshot: By The Numbers 96% of enterp

Troy Beetz
Jan 135 min read


Staying Ahead of Change: How AI Is Reshaping Business Growth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 8, 2025 — Artificial Intelligence is now a leadership requirement. This post shows how AI Leadership, Customer Insights, and AI Strategy turn scattered experiments into repeatable Competitive Advantage, improving Customer Experience and Customer Engagement while fueling Business Growth through Digital Transformation and practical AI in Marketing.

JR
Oct 8, 20255 min read


Turning AI Uncertainty Into Actionable Business Growth
Winnetka, Illinois, October 6, 2025 — Build AI Leadership that turns Artificial Intelligence into measurable Business Growth. Improve Customer Insights, Customer Engagement, and Customer Experience with GPS Summit.

JR
Oct 6, 20255 min read


Practical AI for Business Growth: From Overwhelm to Execution
Jacksonville, Florida, October 1, 2025 — AI is only powerful when it’s practical. Here’s what leaders in Jacksonville, Florida learned about ownership, data readiness, governance, and KPIs, plus how GPS Summit builds an internal AI Systems Generalist in three days.

JR
Oct 1, 20254 min read


Portland, OR: Clarity, Capability, and the Call for Leadership
Portland, Oregon, September 16, 2025 — A Portland, Oregon workshop made one thing clear: AI scales only with leadership and alignment. Leaders shared the real blockers: ownership gaps, slow response to change, siloed data, inconsistent governance, and missing KPIs. Here are practical next steps to launch one measurable pilot and build internal capability through GPS Summit.

JR
Sep 16, 20254 min read


Turning Curiosity into Capability—and Capability into Competitive Advantage
Vancouver, Oregon, September 15, 2025 — Vancouver, WA and Vancouver, OR showed the same pattern: leaders are energized, but readiness is uneven. Most lack clear KPIs, ownership, and usable data. This recap includes a practical 30-day AI pilot blueprint (one persona, one moment, one KPI) plus cross-functional use cases and how GPS Summit builds internal AI Systems Generalists.

JR
Sep 15, 20254 min read
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