https://www.derekschatz.io/ I help businesses redesign their project management processes around AI — and train non-technical teams to actually use it. Backed by years of agile coaching and delivery experience. Based in Philadelphia, working with clients everywhere. en-us https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-rollouts-failing-like-agile/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-rollouts-failing-like-agile/ The tools show up, the way of working never changes, and six months later nobody uses them. I watched this movie for years as an agile coach. We're rerunning it with AI — and the fix is the same. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-status-reports-write-themselves/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-status-reports-write-themselves/ The average project manager spends hours every week assembling updates from information that already exists in their tools. Here's the workflow that ends it — and the part a human still has to do. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/how-to-train-non-technical-employees-ai/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/how-to-train-non-technical-employees-ai/ Your team saw the demo, nodded, and changed nothing. That's the normal outcome of most AI training — and it's fixable. Here's what works with people who don't write code. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-agent-answering-your-customers/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-agent-answering-your-customers/ Meta just put an AI agent inside WhatsApp that talks to your customers directly. Before you switch it on, three checks decide whether it helps or hurts. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/your-business-runs-five-ai-tools/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/your-business-runs-five-ai-tools/ The average small business now runs five AI tools, accumulated one at a time. Here is a one-afternoon audit to find the overlap, the risk, and the waste. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chatgpt-memory-what-it-knows/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chatgpt-memory-what-it-knows/ ChatGPT now builds a profile of you in the background, no prompting required. Open the memory page and read what your most-used AI tool thinks it knows. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-pricing-flat-fees-to-meters/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-pricing-flat-fees-to-meters/ AI tools are quietly trading flat monthly fees for usage meters. Notion and GitHub already moved. Here's how to keep the bill from surprising you. Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chatgpt-below-50-ai-choice/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chatgpt-below-50-ai-choice/ ChatGPT just dropped below half the AI assistant market. The interesting part isn't who's winning. It's that you finally have a real choice. Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-saved-time-what-next/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-saved-time-what-next/ BCG surveyed 12,000 workers and found 42% are saving 8 hours a week with AI. Two-thirds don't know what to do with the time. That's fixable. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-roi-gap-anthropic-2026/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-roi-gap-anthropic-2026/ Anthropic just crossed $47 billion in revenue. Most businesses using AI can't measure their returns. That gap is fixable, but not automatically. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-inside-microsoft-365-most-teams-dont-know/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-inside-microsoft-365-most-teams-dont-know/ Microsoft's new AI models are already live in PowerPoint, and its new Teams agent will act on your behalf without asking. Neither required your decision. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ios-27-ai-employees-iphone/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ios-27-ai-employees-iphone/ Apple's iOS 27 will let every iPhone user choose Claude or Gemini by default. If you run a business, that's not a tech story. It's a policy one. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-pricing-openai-ipo-2026/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-pricing-openai-ipo-2026/ OpenAI filed for IPO this week. The filing reveals it loses $1.22 for every dollar it earns. That number has implications for every business using AI tools. Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-finding-bugs-faster-than-anyone-can-fix/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-finding-bugs-faster-than-anyone-can-fix/ Anthropic's AI model flagged 23,000 vulnerabilities in software you use every day. Security firms confirmed 1,587 are real. Seventy-five have been patched. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/saaspocalypse-small-business/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/saaspocalypse-small-business/ Klarna dropped Salesforce and saved $2M. Then its CEO walked the story back. What actually happened tells you more about AI disruption than the headline did. Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-adoption-confidence-gap-2026/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-adoption-confidence-gap-2026/ AI usage among small business employees is up sharply this year. Confidence in using it fell just as fast. Here's what that gap actually tells you. Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-that-acts-google-gemini-spark/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-that-acts-google-gemini-spark/ Google's new Gemini Spark acts on your behalf without prompting. Before you use it, you need to answer one honest question about your own workflows. Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/openai-deployment-ai-adoption-hint/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/openai-deployment-ai-adoption-hint/ OpenAI raised $4 billion and created a new company just to help enterprises deploy AI. What they couldn't sell without it reveals your problem too. Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chief-ai-officer-what-it-means/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chief-ai-officer-what-it-means/ IBM found 76% of large companies now have a Chief AI Officer. The stat matters less than what it reveals about what's actually hard about AI adoption. Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-tools-learn-from-mistakes/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-tools-learn-from-mistakes/ Anthropic's dreaming feature lets AI agents review past sessions and improve. One company saw 6x better results. Here's what that shift means for you. Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chatgpt-gpt-5-5-instant-reliability-business/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/chatgpt-gpt-5-5-instant-reliability-business/ OpenAI quietly made GPT-5.5 Instant the default ChatGPT last week. The accuracy jump on serious questions changes where AI fits in your workflow. Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-agents-demo-gap-2026/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-agents-demo-gap-2026/ Stanford's 2026 AI Index shows 70% of businesses use AI but agent deployments are in single digits. Here's why the gap exists and what to do about it. Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-labs-government-oversight-signal/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-labs-government-oversight-signal/ All five major AI labs just agreed to let the US government evaluate their models before release. Here's why that's a good sign, not a warning sign, for your business. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/hidden-costs-ai-agents/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/hidden-costs-ai-agents/ AI agents can save time, but the real cost is often hidden in data cleanup, permissions, monitoring, maintenance, and workflow ownership. Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/real-reason-ai-isnt-paying-off/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/real-reason-ai-isnt-paying-off/ PwC surveyed 1,200 executives and found 74% of AI's economic gains go to just 20% of companies. The gap is real, and the reason isn't the tools. Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-agents-permissions-not-prompts/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-agents-permissions-not-prompts/ AI agents do more than answer questions. Before you automate a workflow, decide what the agent is allowed to read, change, send, and approve. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-answering-service-plumbers-billion/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/ai-answering-service-plumbers-billion/ Avoca, an AI voice agent built specifically for plumbing businesses, just hit $1B valuation. Here is what that says about where AI is heading for small businesses. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/your-next-customer-might-be-an-ai-agent/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/your-next-customer-might-be-an-ai-agent/ Visa opened its payment network to AI agents that can complete purchases without human approval. Here is what that means for how you sell and how you spend. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/what-happens-to-your-business-data-when-you-close/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/what-happens-to-your-business-data-when-you-close/ A startup selling shutdown business data for AI training is a sharp version of a slow-moving trend. Most businesses haven't thought through their exposure. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz) https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/how-dependent-is-your-business-on-one-ai-tool/ https://www.derekschatz.io/blog/how-dependent-is-your-business-on-one-ai-tool/ OpenAI lost two senior leaders last week. It's a useful moment to ask how exposed your business actually is when the AI tools you depend on change. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT hello@derekschatz.io (Derek Schatz)