When you’re leading change, especially around AI adoption, resistance is part of the process it's not personal. It’s human nature. People don’t resist change as much as they resist uncertainty and loss of control. That’s why one of the fastest ways we help teams shift from hesitation to momentum is by focusing on quick wins. Quick wins create immediate, tangible proof that change is worth it. They lower defenses, build confidence, and open the door for bigger conversations. When we teach teams how to integrate AI into their daily workflows, we don’t start with the most complex strategies. We start with something small but valuable, like saving 15 minutes on a repetitive task or building your first custom GPT. Once people experience that first win, something clicks. They see the ROI, not just in theory, but in real time, and that creates a snowball effect. The more small wins they stack, the faster the momentum builds. Curiosity turns into capability. Capability turns into confidence, and confidence makes resistance fade. Start small. Win fast. Build from there.

Disclaimer: This is the first time I've tried to publicly communicate my latest big vision, and it is evolving quickly... so its not fully formed yet - but its a billion $ idea that I'm committed to: I just met another awesome human being (welcome @Saamra Mekuria-Grillo), via an introduction from another AI thought leader, and we had a great chat about the importance of learning about AI in groups, an our vision for automating AI strategy. I'll let Saamra talk about the vision for her AI start-up, but want ed to share my vision for MyZone AI with you here: In the framework that we are developing (currently called the MyZone AI Blueprint), one critical step is around Education, and one sub-section of that is around "learning about AI in micro-communities". AI is moving so fast, and many of the best practices are changing on a daily basis. Its extremely overwhelming to try and stay on top of it all! By placing entrepreneurs together in groups of other CEO's who are also transitioning to becoming AI first organizations, they can learn so much faster. It started off as a little WhatsApp group, where we have around 600 CEO's that want to learn about AI. Then we started creating sub-communities, like one on MSP's that has 16 CEO's who are learning about AI for managed service providers. A new one I'm creating now for CEO's of AI companies... or soon one for home builders in North America. We then started to branch outside of EO, and launched this Skool community just a couple months ago. I quickly realized that we're going to have to build a custom software application for this... something like Skool, but code that we can own/customize. This will be part of an AI powered strategy automation platform we're actively building. The vision is that entrepreneurs will be able to answer a bunch of (industry specific) questions every quarter about their AI adoption, and it will give them automatic advice on things they should be focused on (based on our book we are writing)... and how they stack up versus others in their industry.

We are producing an intimate AI lunch, that will precede the EO One Canada Conference: https://myzone.ai/ai-summit-in-the-sky/ June 9th: 12:30-3:00pm. I hope some of you can make it! We’ll be sharing AI experiences from the 46th floor, with other entrepreneurs, over a 3 course special lunch.

Hey guys - we have curated a pretty amazing group of entrepreneurs and AI enthusiasts here. Please introduce yourselves by telling us: Who you are Where you are from Where you are currently at with AI Any recent AI wins Any AI questions? What is your AI vision for your company? Most of the AI learning I've experienced recently has been from shared experiences with others, so I encourage you all to help kick-off this community by sharing a bit about yourselves :)

... anyone here going? I just got a ticket! Would love to connect while I'm in town. https://www.eoonecanada.com/ June 9-11.