Erin Moore — Fractional Chief AI Officer
    Vol. VII — Writing
    The JournalEssays & Field Notes

    Practical writing on AI in the wild.

    Field notes from real engagements. Frameworks, postmortems, and the unglamorous discipline of shipping AI in production.

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    How to Get Your Team to Actually Use AI
    AI Strategy··5 min read

    How to Get Your Team to Actually Use AI

    You can buy the best AI tool on the market and watch your team quietly ignore it. Adoption — not technology — is where most AI investments die. Here's how to get real, lasting use out of the tools you're paying for.

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    AI Governance: A Practical Framework for Growing Companies
    AI Strategy··5 min read

    AI Governance: A Practical Framework for Growing Companies

    Most AI governance advice is written for Fortune 500 legal departments and is useless to a 50-person company. Here's a practical five-part framework a growing business can actually stand up in a week — without the bureaucracy.

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    AI Strategy Consulting: What It Is and When You Need It
    AI Strategy··5 min read

    AI Strategy Consulting: What It Is and When You Need It

    "AI strategy consulting" means very different things depending on who's selling it. Here's what it actually is, what a good engagement delivers, the red flags to avoid, and how to tell whether you need it at all.

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    Shadow AI: The Risk Hiding in Your Company
    AI Strategy··7 min read

    Shadow AI: The Risk Hiding in Your Company

    Your employees are already using AI at work — you just don't know which tools, or with what data. That's Shadow AI, and it's one of the fastest-growing risks in business. Here's what it is and how to get ahead of it without banning everything.

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    How to Build an AI Roadmap (That Doesn't Sit in a Drawer)
    AI Strategy··4 min read

    How to Build an AI Roadmap (That Doesn't Sit in a Drawer)

    Most AI roadmaps are 40-slide decks that impress once and then gather dust. A real roadmap is short, sequenced by return, and actually drives what you do next. Here's how to build one that gets used.

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    Chief AI Officer vs. CTO vs. CDO: Who Owns AI?
    Fractional Leadership··5 min read

    Chief AI Officer vs. CTO vs. CDO: Who Owns AI?

    You may already have a CTO and a CDO. So do you really need a Chief AI Officer too? Here's how the three roles actually divide, where they overlap, and why AI keeps falling through the crack between them.

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    AI for Small Business: Where to Actually Start
    AI Strategy··5 min read

    AI for Small Business: Where to Actually Start

    "Use AI" is advice, not a plan. For a small business with limited time and budget, where you start determines whether AI pays off or becomes another abandoned subscription. Here's where to actually begin.

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    What Does a Chief AI Officer Actually Do?
    Fractional Leadership··5 min read

    What Does a Chief AI Officer Actually Do?

    "Chief AI Officer" is a title everyone recognizes and few can define. Here's the actual job — the four things a CAIO owns, what a normal week looks like, and the work it deliberately isn't.

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    Why 85% of AI Projects Fail (And How to Beat the Odds)
    ·10 min read

    Why 85% of AI Projects Fail (And How to Beat the Odds)

    Industry reports show 85% of AI projects never make it to production. After leading 100+ successful implementations, I've identified the three critical failures—and exactly how to prevent them.

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    What does this blog cover?
    AI strategy and leadership decisions for growing businesses: what a Chief AI Officer actually does, how to evaluate vendors, how to measure return, and why most AI projects fail. It is written for people deciding what to fund, not for people building models.
    How often is it updated?
    New pieces publish regularly, and existing ones are revised when the underlying facts change — pricing, market rates and vendor landscapes move quickly enough that stale posts become misleading rather than merely dated.
    Who writes it?
    Erin Moore, a fractional Chief AI Officer and U.S. Army veteran with an Executive MBA, an MS in Data Science and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Everything is written from the buyer's side of the table, which is where the work happens.
    Where should I start?
    If you are new to the topic, start with what a fractional Chief AI Officer does and why most AI projects fail. If you are already spending on AI, the posts on AI audits and measuring ROI will be more immediately useful.