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For most novelists, the biggest challenge isn’t dreaming up ideas—it’s sustaining the discipline and momentum to transform those ideas into finished stories. Writer's block, research rabbit holes, and...
In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, marketing campaigns can launch overnight—but building a website to support them? That still takes weeks… or does it?
Darby Yule, a UX designer and a graduate...
Navigating a career change can be overwhelming. From crafting a standout résumé to positioning yourself on LinkedIn, the process often feels uncertain, repetitive, and time-consuming.
Sam Waterfall, ...
When you're juggling biotech boardrooms, funding rounds, and scientific chaos, sometimes clarity is the most radical innovation.
Simon Haworth, a creative strategist and biotech leader, joined AI Upg...
Apr 16, 2025
A solid creative brief is the foundation of any successful design or marketing project. But too often, this foundational step is where things go sideways—projects stall, expectations dri...
A great portfolio website is more than just a collection of work—it’s a showcase of skills, creativity, and technical ability. But for many designers, building a custom site can be time-consuming, tec...
The gap between the AI-powered future and the database-driven is becoming a canyon.
The tech transfer world is trapped in digital amber—still worshipping at the altar of database searches while the r...
The digital divide between multi-million-dollar Hollywood productions and indie passion projects is evaporating—pixel by pixel, frame by frame. The democratization agent? AI video tools wielded by pio...
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You’ve heard the hype: AI is the disruptor, the future, the threat—or maybe even the job thief.
But let’s cut through the noise: AI isn’t here to replace y...
 10 Substantive Shifts Changing Creative Work
Just spent the night with Amy Webb's freshly-dropped Internet Trends report from SXSW, and my brain's still buzzing with the implications. After several ...
Let’s get real for a second. AI isn’t just another shiny gadget in the ever-growing tech pile—it’s the ultimate force multiplier. But here’s the twist: It’s not magic. You don’t just whisper “optimize...
This week Peter and I spent a couple days delivering our new bespoke The Upgrade AI training with the marketing and communications team at Compass Datacenters in Dallas. Not to flex, but the session c...
