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Perspectives on new intelligence

Articles on communication, creativity and leadership in the encounter with new intelligence – with more nuance and less hype.

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AI skills

Artificial intelligence, real learning? Four questions for your use of AI

AI can both erode and develop our skills. Four questions show which side your use of AI is on.

24 September 2026 · 5 min

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Leadership

Perceived efficiency: when AI feels faster than it is

Employees feel that AI saves them time. The measurements rarely find that time again.

23 September 2026 · 7 min

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Creativity

Rules and meaning – when I built my website with AI

The design was the easy part. The hard part was writing down the rules that keep both form and meaning in place.

23 September 2026 · 4 min

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Leadership

AI and working life – choose the right friction

AI can take the friction that drains us, leaving room for the kind we grow from.

22 September 2026 · 3 min

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Leadership

The EU AI Act explained – a guide

The EU's comprehensive law on artificial intelligence places requirements on every organisation that uses AI – not just those that build it.

13 July 2026 · 8 min

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AI skills

What is AI? Artificial intelligence explained for leaders and communication professionals

AI is software that can solve tasks that normally require human thinking. But the definition does not tell you the most important thing.

13 July 2026 · 8 min

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Communication

What does AI mean for work with language?

Work with language is more than producing text: meaning, mandate and sender stay with people.

13 July 2026 · 5 min

A marble easel with a blank canvas in a misty rocky landscape – the work without a sender

Creativity

When creativity loses its sender

Even when the output is identical, we rate human-made creativity more highly. Not because it is prettier, but because the intention is missing.

4 December 2025 · 4 min

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Communication

Tone of voice is not decoration – it is strategy

The voice is decided long before the first sentence. A look at what makes a sender recognisable.

29 May 2026 · 4 min

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Creativity

Can AI make us more creative? It depends on what you think creativity is

Can a machine be creative? The answer depends on which concept of creativity we use – three understandings give three different answers.

4 December 2025 · 5 min

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Communication

The short email is the hardest

9 June 2026 · 5 min

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Communication

When the machine writes first

4 July 2026 · 7 min

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AI skills

Does AI make us lazy? On motivation, mastery and AI skills

The fear rests on the idea that people avoid friction. I argue the opposite – we are motivated by mastering the right challenges.

5 July 2026 · 6 min

All illustrations on this page are generated with AI using Claude and Canva. Read more about how I use AI in my AI policy.