A practical perspective on keeping the grand vision in sight while solving a real business problem now. 

In my last article, AI Adoption Isn’t AI Enablement, I suggested starting with a simple question: 

What are we trying to make better? 

I still believe that is where an AI conversation should begin. But it naturally leads to another question: Once I know what I want to make better, what do I actually do next? 

Throughout my career, I have approached technology by keeping the larger vision in sight while solving the problems immediately in front of the business. I want to understand where we ultimately want to go, but I don’t believe we need to build the entire vision before we can start creating value.