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Analysis, methods and field notes on how AI is reshaping jobs — written for executive teams who need to decide, not for developers.
AI impact & jobs
September 28, 2026 · 4 min read
The impact of AI on jobs: what the macro numbers don't tell you
Industry studies keep announcing waves of automation, but none of them say who in your organization is actually exposed — or on what timeline. Here's how to find out.
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September 24, 2026 · 6 min read
How to build a credible AI transformation plan in 90 days
In 90 days you can't transform an organization. You can prove it's transformable — with data, a bounded scope, and a named owner for every step.
Read the articleMethod & diagnostic
September 20, 2026 · 4 min read
The role-by-role AI diagnostic: a 4-step method
A score that can't be traced back to a specific task isn't a score, it's an opinion with a percentage sign. Here's the four-step method that fixes that.
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September 16, 2026 · 4 min read
GEPP and AI: consulting the works council with data, not estimates
Without a quantified diagnostic, a GEPP negotiation on AI runs on impressions — and risks a long, costly works-council expert review. Here's the fix.
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September 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The EU AI Act: what the 'high-risk' obligations change for you
Most companies read the AI Act as a vendor problem. For AI used in employment decisions, it's the opposite — and the clock has already started.
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September 8, 2026 · 4 min read
AI and customer relations: what to automate, what to protect
AI isn't going to replace customer relations, it's going to sort it. Here's where the line actually falls, task by task, and why it moves between companies.
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September 4, 2026 · 3 min read
AI and the finance function: from data entry to strategic steering
Your finance teams still spend most of month-end close reconciling spreadsheets. Here's precisely what can change — and what has to stay human.
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August 31, 2026 · 6 min read
AI and HR: automating without dehumanizing recruitment
Screening resumes and deciding who to hire are not the same activity. Here's where to draw the line between what AI should do and what stays human.
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August 27, 2026 · 4 min read
AI and the legal function: what changes (and what won't)
Standard contract review shifts to AI fast. Litigation strategy far less so. Here's how to tell the two apart inside your own legal department.
Read the articleMethod & diagnostic
August 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Why generic AI fails on business tasks
A model that tops an academic benchmark can still choke on your monthly reporting. Here's why generic capability tells you nothing about real applicability.
Read the articleAI governance & sovereignty
August 19, 2026 · 4 min read
On-premise vs cloud: the real sovereignty choice for AI
AI sovereignty isn't a political stance. It's an operational question: who keeps control of your data, your models, and your ability to walk away.
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August 15, 2026 · 4 min read
GDPR and AI: the questions your regulator will ask
An AI project doesn't get a pass on any GDPR obligation. Here are the precise questions a data-protection audit will ask — and the ones worth answering first.
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August 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Reskilling: training your teams on the skills AI frees up
Freeing up time with AI accomplishes nothing without a skills plan behind it. Here's how to turn hours saved into capacity that's actually redeployed.
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August 7, 2026 · 6 min read
The hidden cost of waiting on AI
Doing nothing has a price, but it never shows up on a dashboard. Here's how to put a number on what waiting actually costs you, quarter after quarter.
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August 3, 2026 · 6 min read
How to measure AI ROI (beyond hours saved)
"We saved 3 hours a week per employee" isn't an ROI, it's an unverifiable estimate. Here's how to turn it into a number finance will actually accept.
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July 30, 2026 · 4 min read
The 5 mistakes behind 70% of failed AI transformation projects
The technology is almost never the problem. Here are the five steering decisions that explain why most AI transformation projects lose momentum.
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July 26, 2026 · 4 min read
The augmented manager: what AI really changes in middle management
Middle management isn't AI's biggest casualty in the enterprise. But what the job is actually made of is about to shift faster than most people expect.
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July 22, 2026 · 4 min read
AI and social dialogue: from defensive negotiation to a discussion about means
Without precise data, a works-council consultation on AI turns into a contest of fears versus vague reassurances. Here's how to make it a factual discussion.
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July 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Building a task library: the invisible foundation of an AI diagnostic
A defensible automation score isn't improvised case by case. Here's the methodological infrastructure that has to exist before the first number does.
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July 14, 2026 · 6 min read
How to prioritize your first 10 AI use cases without getting it wrong
Forty use case ideas, ten available budgets: here's the shared criterion that replaces the conviction of whoever speaks loudest in committee.
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July 10, 2026 · 6 min read
Sovereign AI: why French midsize companies can no longer wait
Your payroll data, contracts and HR files already pass through servers you don't control. Here's what sovereignty actually changes — and why waiting is a decision.
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July 6, 2026 · 4 min read
From AI pilot to scale: what actually gets in the way
Fifteen successful AI pilots, zero company-wide rollouts. The blocker is almost never technical — here's what actually stalls the leap to scale.
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July 2, 2026 · 4 min read
How to present an AI transformation plan to your executive committee
"Significant productivity gains" never survives the CFO's first question. Here's how to build a plan that holds up in front of a skeptical committee.
Read the articleRoles & functions
June 28, 2026 · 4 min read
AI and customer service: balancing automation and customer satisfaction
Automate 80% of contacts, lose 15 points of satisfaction: customer service is the function where too much AI gets punished fastest, and hardest.
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June 24, 2026 · 4 min read
The CHRO's role in a successful AI transformation
The CHRO often discovers the AI transformation plan two months before the works-council deadline. Here's why they should be building it from day one.
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June 20, 2026 · 4 min read
Steering AI quarter by quarter: the Commodum cycle method
A frozen AI diagnostic goes stale within a quarter. Here's how to build a recurring steering cycle so the map stays accurate, decision after decision.
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June 16, 2026 · 4 min read
How to spot roles under strain before they become a crisis
A role almost never collapses overnight — it erodes task by task. Here's how to catch the breaking point before it turns into a forced restructuring plan.
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June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
AI for mid-market companies: why one-size-fits-all diagnostics fail
A generic framework looks reassuring in committee but tells you nothing about your actual organization. Why mid-market companies need a diagnostic built on their own data.
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June 8, 2026 · 4 min read
The KPIs to track for a three-year AI transformation
The number of AI licenses deployed says nothing about your transformation. Here are the four families of indicators that actually let you steer it.
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June 4, 2026 · 4 min read
What Commodum's 923 pre-scored roles reveal about real AI exposure in French companies
923 roles broken into tasks and scored paint a very different picture of AI exposure than sector studies do. Here's what that picture actually shows.
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