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Everything I publish starts from the same place: where does AI actually pay in a mid-market business, and in what order. Here is where it all lives.

Watching

The show is Your AI Value Coach: coaching for mid-market leaders on where AI actually pays. Use cases run end to end with the agents on screen, straight answers to the questions boards ask, and what the latest AI developments mean for your business.

Cosmo Mariano

Your AI Value Coach, the show.

The signature episode takes one mid-market use case end to end: where the value is trapped, what is causing it, the AI solution, the agents working on screen, and the measured outcome. Between those, segments follow what is topical: the questions leaders are asking, and what the week's AI developments mean for a business your size. Watch on YouTube, and subscribe to the AI Value Dispatch below so you never miss an episode.

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Reading

The 2026 AI Strategy

The flagship: 76 pages on the five pressure points, the value flywheel, the maturity path, and the board pack. Get it free.

The frameworks, open

The Value Stream OS, the Power Curve, and the five pressure points, published without a gate. Read them here.

On LinkedIn

Three pieces a week drawn from the ebook: the stats, the precedents, the diagnostics. Follow along.

The 2026 AI Paradox

Record spend, record priority, flat returns, and the explanation most leaders miss. Read the chapter.

The Software Tax

The cost hiding in plain sight: the hours your people spend operating your software. Read the chapter.

The Maturity Path

Five levels, seven dimensions, and one strict rule: your level is your weakest dimension. Score yourself honestly. Read the chapter.

For your role

Six guides drawn from the ebook, one per seat: CFO, COO, CRO, CMO, CIO, CHRO. Find yours.

In the news

XSparks introduces the AI Operating Model

The firm where I serve as Chief Client Outcomes Officer announces the AI Operating Model (AIOM): turning AI from a pilot into how the business runs. Read the release on PR Newswire, or see the model itself at xsparks.ai/aiom.