Tagged AI strategy

18 September 2026

Cairn Compass Is Now the NZ AI Benchmark

The free AI maturity assessment I built as Cairn Compass has moved to AI New Zealand and been rebuilt around the AI Playbook. Still free.

12 June 2026

AI Adoption in New Zealand: The 2026 Data and a Practical Guide

NZ organisations are using AI faster than they’re building the structure around it. First-party 2026 Cairn Compass data, the three adoption traps, and a practical six-step guide to adopting AI in a New Zealand organisation.

23 May 2026

How do I “do” AI in my business?

The tools are not the hard part anymore. The work around them is. Start there, and the "which AI?" question quietly answers itself down the track.

12 May 2026

High-use, low-trust: what the new AI Blueprint really means for New Zealand business

Four numbers in the Blueprint every NZ business owner should read twice: 2.7% of our workforce are AI practitioners with embedded workflows. 97% are using AI superficially or not at all. 79% of employers don't know how to train their team. 90% expect to be using AI by 2028. 📡 The gap between "we us

6 May 2026

The Plausibility Trap: Why AI-Written Strategy Looks Right Until You Try to Use It

"People don't really put the truth on the internet. When you really discover the useful insights is when you actually have conversations with the manager who was implementing that strategy or doing that thing. You'll hear all about the challenges that were faced, what really happened behind the scen

2 April 2026

AI Consulting in New Zealand: What to Expect in 2026

AI adoption in Aotearoa has moved fast. By 2025, over 80% of New Zealand organisations reported using AI in some form. That sounds impressive until you look closer. Among businesses with fewer than 200 employees, nearly half have no plans to adopt AI at all. And of those that have started, many are

28 January 2026

Stop Dabbling: The AI Muscle Gap Holding Back New Zealand Organisations

New Zealand's AI journey is not primarily a technology story. It is a maturity story, and an increasingly urgent one. The tools are racing ahead. Most organisations are not. Across hundreds of conversations with individuals and businesses throughout the country, and informed by recent research into

11 December 2025

Planning for 2026: Why the Holiday Season is the Best Time to Think About AI and Technology Strategy

Business slows over the holidays, which makes it the one stretch of the year you can think properly about your AI and technology plans for 2026.