https://askscottpierce.com/writing en-us Articles and research on AI strategy, communication, and the patterns that make projects succeed or fail. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:51:29 +0000 https://askscottpierce.com/writing/autism-therapy-games https://askscottpierce.com/writing/autism-therapy-games Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 RESEARCH The market for games that teach autistic kids social skills is real. It is also littered with failures, and the obvious product is the one most likely to fail. A market and efficacy verdict on games that teach autistic kids social skills. Why on-screen drills produce screen skills, what the survivors sell instead, and the version of the product with a fighting chance. Read the paper or listen to the dialog. PDF: https://askscottpierce.com/whitepapers/autism-therapy-games.pdf https://askscottpierce.com/writing/cost-of-traditional-build https://askscottpierce.com/writing/cost-of-traditional-build Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 COST_OF_BUILD Three real production systems decomposed to the role, the month, and the dollar. A field guide for executives trying to figure out where the money in a traditional agile dev shop's quote actually goes. https://askscottpierce.com/writing https://askscottpierce.com/writing Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 RESEARCH Your $200K AI budget might be perfect—or catastrophically wrong. The difference isn't the number. Enterprises spent $37 billion on generative AI in 2025. Most of it failed. This whitepaper provides a practical framework for evaluating AI investments before committing capital. PDF: https://askscottpierce.com/whitepapers/enterprise-ai-investment-2025.pdf https://askscottpierce.com/writing https://askscottpierce.com/writing Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 RESEARCH In 2024, failed AI pilots destroyed $30 billion in shareholder value. The failures share common patterns—and none of them are about technology. Why 95% of enterprise AI projects fail, and how to know if yours will too. Based on RAND Corporation research and analysis of failed AI initiatives across industries. PDF: https://askscottpierce.com/whitepapers/The-30-Billion-Lesson.pdf https://askscottpierce.com/writing/communication-failure https://askscottpierce.com/writing/communication-failure Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 COMMUNICATION We train students to broadcast and never listen. Then we wonder why companies can't talk to their customers. https://askscottpierce.com/writing/textbook-failure https://askscottpierce.com/writing/textbook-failure Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EDUCATION I sat down with my teenager to work through a physics problem. What I found wasn't a math problem — it was a communication failure dressed up as rigor.