Sidecar Team

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Stop Fearing Your 'Dark Databases': A New Way to Map Your Data

Imagine you want to answer a seemingly simple question about your association's membership: Are there geographic trends in your year-over-year retention rates? You know the information exists somewhere in your association management system (AMS)....

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Stop De-Weirding Your AI: Why Enterprise Logic Kills Innovation

This post draws on Wharton professor Ethan Mollick's recent article, "The IT department: Where AI goes to die," which we analyzed on a recent episode...

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The End of the Design Bottleneck: What Claude Design Means for You

For many association professionals, the path from a great idea to a finished visual asset is often blocked by a significant bottleneck. You might...

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Why Your IT Department Shouldn't 'Own' Your AI Strategy

This post draws on Wharton professor Ethan Mollick's recent article, "The IT department: Where AI goes to die," which we analyzed on a recent episode...

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Beyond Chat: Why AI Needs a New Interface, Platform, and Business Model

To understand the current state of artificial intelligence, one must look back at the history of computing. We often feel as though we are living in...

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