Explore Skylark 118’s latest insights on AI strategy, marketing operations, and executive leadership. Practical guides and thought leadership designed to help leaders move from AI curiosity to confident adoption.

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Making Goals Visible

Jan 1, 2026

On the last day of the year, I decided to make my goals visible. Four areas. Twelve goals. One focused year — and a simple tool built to hold that clarity.

Skylark 118 Products

Making Goals Visible

Jan 1, 2026

On the last day of the year, I decided to make my goals visible. Four areas. Twelve goals. One focused year — and a simple tool built to hold that clarity.

Skylark 118 Products

Making Goals Visible

Jan 1, 2026

On the last day of the year, I decided to make my goals visible. Four areas. Twelve goals. One focused year — and a simple tool built to hold that clarity.

Skylark 118 Products

Adaptive Marketing Ops: The New Mode of Modern Marketing

Nov 26, 2025

AI hasn’t rewritten marketing — it’s unlocked a completely new mode of operating. Adaptive Marketing Ops blends always-on channel intelligence, rapid content flow, community-first engagement, AEO, and modular content systems to help modern teams move at market speed.

Executive AI Strategy

Adaptive Marketing Ops: The New Mode of Modern Marketing

Nov 26, 2025

AI hasn’t rewritten marketing — it’s unlocked a completely new mode of operating. Adaptive Marketing Ops blends always-on channel intelligence, rapid content flow, community-first engagement, AEO, and modular content systems to help modern teams move at market speed.

Executive AI Strategy

Adaptive Marketing Ops: The New Mode of Modern Marketing

Nov 26, 2025

AI hasn’t rewritten marketing — it’s unlocked a completely new mode of operating. Adaptive Marketing Ops blends always-on channel intelligence, rapid content flow, community-first engagement, AEO, and modular content systems to help modern teams move at market speed.

Executive AI Strategy

Decisive Leadership: Choosing Clarity Over Certainty

Nov 8, 2025

We often wait for certainty before we act. But leadership thrives on clarity, not perfection. Here’s how I’ve learned to decide faster and with more confidence by focusing on three lenses — Vision, Value, and Vitality.

Leadership

Decisive Leadership: Choosing Clarity Over Certainty

Nov 8, 2025

We often wait for certainty before we act. But leadership thrives on clarity, not perfection. Here’s how I’ve learned to decide faster and with more confidence by focusing on three lenses — Vision, Value, and Vitality.

Leadership

Decisive Leadership: Choosing Clarity Over Certainty

Nov 8, 2025

We often wait for certainty before we act. But leadership thrives on clarity, not perfection. Here’s how I’ve learned to decide faster and with more confidence by focusing on three lenses — Vision, Value, and Vitality.

Leadership

How I Keep My ChatGPT Projects Flowing Even Weeks Later

Nov 3, 2025

Keep your ChatGPT projects in flow with two simple prompts.

AI in Practice

How I Keep My ChatGPT Projects Flowing Even Weeks Later

Nov 3, 2025

Keep your ChatGPT projects in flow with two simple prompts.

AI in Practice

How I Keep My ChatGPT Projects Flowing Even Weeks Later

Nov 3, 2025

Keep your ChatGPT projects in flow with two simple prompts.

AI in Practice

The Rise of the Knowledge Curator

Oct 27, 2025

As AI systems like OpenAI’s Company Knowledge emerge, the new role of the Knowledge Curator becomes essential to keep organizational knowledge trustworthy and usable.

Executive AI Strategy

The Rise of the Knowledge Curator

Oct 27, 2025

As AI systems like OpenAI’s Company Knowledge emerge, the new role of the Knowledge Curator becomes essential to keep organizational knowledge trustworthy and usable.

Executive AI Strategy

The Rise of the Knowledge Curator

Oct 27, 2025

As AI systems like OpenAI’s Company Knowledge emerge, the new role of the Knowledge Curator becomes essential to keep organizational knowledge trustworthy and usable.

Executive AI Strategy

From Static Buyer Personas to Living Systems | Adaptive Marketing with AI

Oct 14, 2025

Learn how to design adaptive marketing systems that evolve with AI. Turn static buyer personas into living frameworks that align strategy, messaging, and growth.

Executive AI Strategy

From Static Buyer Personas to Living Systems | Adaptive Marketing with AI

Oct 14, 2025

Learn how to design adaptive marketing systems that evolve with AI. Turn static buyer personas into living frameworks that align strategy, messaging, and growth.

Executive AI Strategy

From Static Buyer Personas to Living Systems | Adaptive Marketing with AI

Oct 14, 2025

Learn how to design adaptive marketing systems that evolve with AI. Turn static buyer personas into living frameworks that align strategy, messaging, and growth.

Executive AI Strategy

Enterprise Data Steward Agent: Open-Sourced by Skylark 118

Oct 2, 2025

After years leading analytics, marketing ops, and AI adoption, I’ve learned this: no SaaS product scales without governance. That’s why I open-sourced my Enterprise Data Steward Agent.

Executive AI Strategy

Enterprise Data Steward Agent: Open-Sourced by Skylark 118

Oct 2, 2025

After years leading analytics, marketing ops, and AI adoption, I’ve learned this: no SaaS product scales without governance. That’s why I open-sourced my Enterprise Data Steward Agent.

Executive AI Strategy

Enterprise Data Steward Agent: Open-Sourced by Skylark 118

Oct 2, 2025

After years leading analytics, marketing ops, and AI adoption, I’ve learned this: no SaaS product scales without governance. That’s why I open-sourced my Enterprise Data Steward Agent.

Executive AI Strategy

AI-Native Commerce Is Here: How to Make Your Products ChatGPT-Shoppable

Oct 1, 2025

AI isn’t just helping people find products anymore — it’s helping them buy. With OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), discovery and checkout now happen inside the chat window. Here’s why it matters, and how creators, small businesses, and consultants can prepare to sell directly in AI-native commerce.

AI in Practice

AI-Native Commerce Is Here: How to Make Your Products ChatGPT-Shoppable

Oct 1, 2025

AI isn’t just helping people find products anymore — it’s helping them buy. With OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), discovery and checkout now happen inside the chat window. Here’s why it matters, and how creators, small businesses, and consultants can prepare to sell directly in AI-native commerce.

AI in Practice

AI-Native Commerce Is Here: How to Make Your Products ChatGPT-Shoppable

Oct 1, 2025

AI isn’t just helping people find products anymore — it’s helping them buy. With OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), discovery and checkout now happen inside the chat window. Here’s why it matters, and how creators, small businesses, and consultants can prepare to sell directly in AI-native commerce.

AI in Practice

Pickleball, Product, and the Power of Quick Thinking

Sep 30, 2025

Pickleball has taught me quick instincts and sharper discernment. AI has given me a genie in a bottle. Together, they’ve shown me that clarity, feedback loops, and practice are what truly unlock potential — whether I’m on the court or building AI products at Skylark 118.

Executive AI Strategy

Pickleball, Product, and the Power of Quick Thinking

Sep 30, 2025

Pickleball has taught me quick instincts and sharper discernment. AI has given me a genie in a bottle. Together, they’ve shown me that clarity, feedback loops, and practice are what truly unlock potential — whether I’m on the court or building AI products at Skylark 118.

Executive AI Strategy

Pickleball, Product, and the Power of Quick Thinking

Sep 30, 2025

Pickleball has taught me quick instincts and sharper discernment. AI has given me a genie in a bottle. Together, they’ve shown me that clarity, feedback loops, and practice are what truly unlock potential — whether I’m on the court or building AI products at Skylark 118.

Executive AI Strategy

The ROI Trap That's Stopping AI Pilots From Scaling

Sep 18, 2025

The fundamental flaw in ROI-first thinking and how AI strategy needs to be rooted in a revenue impact assessment.

Executive AI Strategy

The ROI Trap That's Stopping AI Pilots From Scaling

Sep 18, 2025

The fundamental flaw in ROI-first thinking and how AI strategy needs to be rooted in a revenue impact assessment.

Executive AI Strategy

The ROI Trap That's Stopping AI Pilots From Scaling

Sep 18, 2025

The fundamental flaw in ROI-first thinking and how AI strategy needs to be rooted in a revenue impact assessment.

Executive AI Strategy

Demystify AI for Leaders: From Curiosity to Pilot Wins in 90 Days

Aug 20, 2025

Learn how to create an impressive website using Framer with our step-by-step guide.

Executive AI Strategy

Demystify AI for Leaders: From Curiosity to Pilot Wins in 90 Days

Aug 20, 2025

Learn how to create an impressive website using Framer with our step-by-step guide.

Executive AI Strategy

Demystify AI for Leaders: From Curiosity to Pilot Wins in 90 Days

Aug 20, 2025

Learn how to create an impressive website using Framer with our step-by-step guide.

Executive AI Strategy

AI Agents: The Next Evolution of Marketing Operations

Apr 1, 2025

Let’s explore how four key areas of marketing operations are evolving from manual processes to true AI agents.

AI in Practice

AI Agents: The Next Evolution of Marketing Operations

Apr 1, 2025

Let’s explore how four key areas of marketing operations are evolving from manual processes to true AI agents.

AI in Practice

AI Agents: The Next Evolution of Marketing Operations

Apr 1, 2025

Let’s explore how four key areas of marketing operations are evolving from manual processes to true AI agents.

AI in Practice

Marketing Operations: Building and Enforcing the Trust Layer for AI-Powered Growth

Feb 18, 2025

Learn how marketing operations teams can approach AI governance and build an AI Trust Layer for their org.

Executive AI Strategy

Marketing Operations: Building and Enforcing the Trust Layer for AI-Powered Growth

Feb 18, 2025

Learn how marketing operations teams can approach AI governance and build an AI Trust Layer for their org.

Executive AI Strategy

Marketing Operations: Building and Enforcing the Trust Layer for AI-Powered Growth

Feb 18, 2025

Learn how marketing operations teams can approach AI governance and build an AI Trust Layer for their org.

Executive AI Strategy

The Art and Science of Empathetic Leadership in Marketing

Jan 28, 2025

How to to build high-performing teams through carefully crafted layers of trust, innovation, and data-driven decision-making.

Leadership

The Art and Science of Empathetic Leadership in Marketing

Jan 28, 2025

How to to build high-performing teams through carefully crafted layers of trust, innovation, and data-driven decision-making.

Leadership

The Art and Science of Empathetic Leadership in Marketing

Jan 28, 2025

How to to build high-performing teams through carefully crafted layers of trust, innovation, and data-driven decision-making.

Leadership