The SAGE Framework for Building AI Agents

The SAGE Framework for Building AI Agents

Jun 10, 2026 | Newsletters

💸 “AI Agents are a multi trillion dollar opportunity.” – Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA Hello Reader, AI agents are changing the way work gets done. As agentic AI systems become more capable, our real advantage will not come from technical proficiency. Our advantage will come from knowing how to manage AI agents well. The ability to scope agentic projects, manage autonomous systems, evaluate their performance, and design the information environments that make agents effective – these are the…

How to Make a NotebookLM for a Conference [EPIC AI Replays]

How to Make a NotebookLM for a Conference [EPIC AI Replays]

Jun 3, 2026 | Newsletters

↠↠ The velocity of learning has increased. ↠↠ Hello Reader, As part of TechWeekNZ, I hosted the EPIC AI Conference in Christchurch on Thursday, 21 May, 2026. There were a dozen speakers and panelists, and lots of practical takeaways. While we did record the sessions (big thanks to Daniel Panjaitan and Greg Dickson for volunteering!) it’s a lot of material to digest. You can watch all the replays at this link: https://christchurch-ai.com/epic-ai-conference …or, you can use NotebookLM to…

Lessons from ‘Leadership in the Age of AI’ [REPLAY]

Lessons from ‘Leadership in the Age of AI’ [REPLAY]

May 27, 2026 | Newsletters

⚖️ “AI requires enormous judgment. Leadership requires enormous judgment.” — Alison Adams, Chief Executive of ChristchurchNZ Hello Reader, Last week at EPIC in Christchurch, I hosted a TechWeek panel on Leadership in the Age of AI with four local CEOs: Anya Anderson from RedSeed, Julie Ryan from CustomD, Ali Adams from ChristchurchNZ, and Brad Fraser from Agentic Intelligence. The conversation kept coming back to the human work of leadership: judgment, communication, trust, empathy, change…

[REPLAY] Managing AI Agents – The Next High-Value Skill Set

[REPLAY] Managing AI Agents – The Next High-Value Skill Set

May 20, 2026 | Newsletters

☀️ “Without exposure people don’t build trust, and without trust the conversation stalls.” – The AI Blueprint for Aotearoa Hello Reader, This week is TechWeek in New Zealand, a festival for celebrating technology in Aotearoa. I’m hosting a lot of AI events. Monday evening I delivered a sold-out webinar, AI Agent Management: The Next High-Value Skill Set When I asked attendees for a 🔥 burning question 🔥 they had about AI agents, answers included: How do I build my own model and agent? How can…

Marketers are smart losers.

Marketers are smart losers.

May 13, 2026 | Newsletters

🖌️ “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams Hello Reader, It gives me no pride to say this, but when I look at the many hundreds (maybe thousands) of marketers that I know, there are three common characteristics all marketers share: they’re smart they’re creative and they’re losers. Alex Bogusky took these photos because he learned the hard way. 💡 The Irony of Expertise Expertise is not developed from natural talent. Expertise is…

The OpenClaw TED Talk (and Downtime)

The OpenClaw TED Talk (and Downtime)

May 7, 2026 | Newsletters

🌱 “If you aren’t growing into the future, you are shrinking into the past.” – David Droga Hello Reader, Have you ever heard of the Diffusion of Innovation? It’s a bell-curve distribution of how technology is adopted over time. OpenClaw is not cutting-edge technology. It is bleeding-edge technology. Using it is bloody and difficult. This is what the founder of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger, published on his blog this week: When I had both of my OpenClaw agents running on 4.29, they were…