Inside the machine
Most executives treat AI as a technology decision. I think it's an operating model decision. That's a different conversation entirely. I'm Cleve Gibbon, a transformation executive at Omnicom. I write about what AI and agentic systems are doing to how large organisations work — the governance, operating models, and management disciplines that need to change before the technology pays off. Written from inside the machine, not above it.
Category Archives: agentic
The Cost of AI just got Real
The most powerful frontier models in the world aren’t being held back by compute. They’re being stopped dead in their tracks by corporate accountants. And with good reason! This isn’t disruption. It’s revelation. AI didn’t break corporate finance; consumption pricing … Continue reading
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MCP Servers: Giving LLMs Hands to Act
Dinner Talk & The Talent Crunch My wife and I had dinner last night with a Seattle‑based engineering couple.The husband was laid off in January; the wife voluntarily left her role soon after.Both landed new jobs—but only because they could … Continue reading
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The Agentic Slider: Reflections from Karpathy’s Keynote
I really enjoyed Andrej Karpathy’s keynote at AI Startup School in San Francisco. As the former Director of AI at Tesla, Andrej is both smart and articulate. His talk got me thinking—again—about agentic modes of work, especially the idea of … Continue reading
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