The AI skills that matter most for SME leaders are not technical — they are strategic, organisational, and deeply human. This post introduces a four-dimension readiness framework to help you assess where you stand and what to prioritise first.

The most important ai trends of 2025 are not passing most SMEs by because the technology is too complex. They are passing them by because most SMEs have not yet built the internal conditions to act on them. Here is a clear framework for diagnosing where your business stands and what to prioritise next.

The biggest myth about AI careers is that they belong to engineers. McKinsey's own research says otherwise. In this week's post, I break down exactly how professionals in marketing, HR, finance, and operations can build an AI career in 90 days, including the no-code tools to use, the portfolio pieces to build, and the entry-level roles paying INR 6 to 18 LPA in India right now.

On a McKinsey podcast, Jane Fraser was asked what she wished she had known before becoming CEO of Citi. She didn't mention finance. She didn't mention technology. What she said instead is the most useful thing you will read about AI engineer jobs this year.