by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 13, 2026
The CIO Scapegoat: A Contrarian Whitepaper The CIO Scapegoat Why the “CIO Mandate Gap” is a Failure of CEO Leadership A Contrarian Whitepaper by Touch Stone Publishers | February 13, 2026 Executive Summary The prevailing narrative in boardrooms and...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 9, 2026
The conversation around artificial intelligence has focused relentlessly on models, algorithms, and use cases. Meanwhile, a more fundamental constraint is quietly reshaping which companies will actually succeed in deploying compute-intensive strategies: access to...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 9, 2026
The Two-Trillion-Dollar Question In January 2026, a landmark survey from The Conference Board sent a shockwave through the global business community. It found that 43% of US CEOs now rank “uncertainty” as their top economic threat, surpassing even the fear...
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by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 7, 2026
I. The Governing Thought: The Most Valuable Asset on the Factory Floor is Tacit Knowledge, and AI is Now the Key to Unlocking It The manufacturing industry is facing a dual crisis: a wave of retiring veteran workers is leaving with decades of irreplaceable,...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 5, 2026
The CEO’s Dilemma: A Complete Framework for Measuring AI ROI in an Uncertain Economy In January 2026, a landmark survey from The Conference Board revealed a profound anxiety at the heart of the global C-suite. While grappling with pervasive economic uncertainty,...
by Touch Stone Publishers | Feb 2, 2026
For the past decade, the business world has been obsessed with data. We’ve been told that data is the new oil, that analytics is the key to competitive advantage, and that the future belongs to the organizations that can collect the most information and build the most...
