Sue Cunningham

Why experienced professionals struggle with AI, even when they’re using it AI is reshaping work. That’s no longer debatable. What is still poorly understood - and rarely discussed - is what’s actually stopping experienced professionals from engaging with it. The dominant narrative says it’s a skills problem. Train people. Upskill them. Run workshops on prompt engineering. But what if the biggest barrier to AI adoption for experienced professionals isn’t technical at all? The evidence paradox...

It's a permanent shift — and we need to learn how to live inside it. We are no longer moving through occasional disruption. We are now living inside sustained uncertainty – on an ongoing basis. This is not a hypothesis. It is what the latest evidence shows. Heading into 2026, uncertainty itself — not the pace of AI adoption, not geopolitical instability, not shifting trade policy — was the number one economic concern for US CEOs. Forty-three percent ranked it as their top threat when The...

Or: why vacuuming my lounge room felt like freedom I woke up grumpy this morning. Out of sorts, in a way I couldn’t immediately name. It’s not one thing. I’m building a business. I’m learning how to use AI — seriously, deeply, in ways that change how I think and work every week. And I’m writing a book about uncertainty. All three are happening at the same time, and all three are quietly reshaping who I am. That’s the part nobody warns you about. The grumpiness wouldn’t shift, I did what I’ve...