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AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

Portfolio Management in 2026: From Review to Dynamic Simulation

Oct 6, 2026

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3 min read

Portfolio Management in 2026: From Review to Dynamic Simulation

How AI can help brand leaders detect change earlier, test more combinations and steer portfolios more proactively.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

The Annual Talk Is Won Before the Meeting Starts

Oct 5, 2026

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5 min read

The Annual Talk Is Won Before the Meeting Starts

AI can sharpen preparation, simulate trade-offs and strengthen the commercial case before the negotiation begins.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

Using AI Is Not the Same as Becoming AI-Augmented

Sep 28, 2026

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5 min read

Using AI Is Not the Same as Becoming AI-Augmented

The real shift starts when AI changes how leaders think, how teams work and how the business senses, decides and executes.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

Beyond the AI Copilot: What My Own Journey Taught Me About Applied AI Maturity

Sep 22, 2026

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6 min read

Beyond the AI Copilot: What My Own Journey Taught Me About Applied AI Maturity

What changes when AI moves from helping individuals work faster to reshaping how organisations sense, decide and execute.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

Competitive Intelligence in 2026: Scan Competitors, Don’t Profile Them

Sep 18, 2026

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6 min read

Competitive Intelligence in 2026: Scan Competitors, Don’t Profile Them

Static competitor profiles are too slow for markets where signals, pricing, portfolios, hiring and AI moves change continuously.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

CEO Agenda

Most CEOs Don’t Need More Dashboards. They Need Sharper Signal Detection.

Sep 2, 2026

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6 min read

Most CEOs Don’t Need More Dashboards. They Need Sharper Signal Detection.

Why commercial leadership now depends less on reporting what happened and more on detecting what is starting to change.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

I Did Not Build a Consulting Framework. I Built the Commercial System I Kept Needing.

Sep 1, 2026

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8 min read

I Did Not Build a Consulting Framework. I Built the Commercial System I Kept Needing.

How 30 years of commercial leadership, transformation work and AI-enabled methods became Scan, Shape, Scale and Augment.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

IFA Is Not Just a Launch Stage. It Is a Live Market Scan.

Aug 31, 2026

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8 min read

IFA Is Not Just a Launch Stage. It Is a Live Market Scan.

Why consumer-tech leaders should use the next few days to decide what signals to track, what assumptions to test and what commercial decisions IFA should inform.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

Growth & Execution

Stop Reading Category Reports. Start Running Live Category Scans.

Aug 29, 2026

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9 min read

Stop Reading Category Reports. Start Running Live Category Scans.

Why AI-augmented scanning gives consumer-tech leaders a faster way to detect where innovation is converging, differentiation is weakening and commercial opportunity is emerging.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

Growth & Execution

Consumer Tech Has Enough Innovation. The Problem Is Commercial Translation.

Aug 28, 2026

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8 min read

Consumer Tech Has Enough Innovation. The Problem Is Commercial Translation.

Why the next consumer-tech advantage will not come from launching more, but from translating innovation into value, proof, retail clarity and market-specific execution.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

The 20-Minute Pre-IFA Portfolio Scan

Aug 26, 2026

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9 min read

The 20-Minute Pre-IFA Portfolio Scan

A practical exercise for consumer-tech leaders who need to make the portfolio easier to understand, easier to sell and easier to choose before the show opens.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

Ten Days Before IFA, Stop Preparing. Start Deciding.

Aug 25, 2026

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7 min read

Ten Days Before IFA, Stop Preparing. Start Deciding.

Why consumer-tech leaders should use the final days before the show to lock the few commercial choices that will determine whether attention turns into momentum.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

AI Has Changed the Commercial Clock. Most Teams Still Run on the Old Rhythm.

Aug 19, 2026

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9 min read

AI Has Changed the Commercial Clock. Most Teams Still Run on the Old Rhythm.

Why the next execution advantage is not faster content, but shorter loops between signal, decision, action and learning.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

Growth & Execution

Stop Managing Products. Start Managing Choice.

Aug 18, 2026

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9 min read

Stop Managing Products. Start Managing Choice.

Why consumer-tech leaders need to stop judging products in isolation and manage the portfolio as a commercial system.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

The IFA Commercial Conversion Review: What Should Move in the Next 90 Days?

Aug 17, 2026

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8 min read

The IFA Commercial Conversion Review: What Should Move in the Next 90 Days?

Why the real value of IFA is not what brands show during the event, but what commercial decisions, follow-up moves and execution priorities change immediately after.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

Too Many Products, Too Little Choice: The IFA Portfolio Clarity Index

Aug 15, 2026

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8 min read

Too Many Products, Too Little Choice: The IFA Portfolio Clarity Index

Why consumer-tech brands should not only launch more at IFA, but prove that their portfolio is easier to understand, easier to sell and easier to choose.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

The GTM Crash Test: Spot the Weak Points Before You Scale

Aug 14, 2026

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8 min read

The GTM Crash Test: Spot the Weak Points Before You Scale

Why AI can help leaders map the full go-to-market process, but judgment must compress it into the few moves that matter most.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

CEO Agenda

Your GTM Is Not a Plan. It Is a Commercial Operating System.

Aug 12, 2026

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6 min read

Your GTM Is Not a Plan. It Is a Commercial Operating System.

The next competitive advantage will not come from producing better GTM plans. It will come from building an AI-augmented system that continuously connects market signals, decisions, execution and learning.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Execution Intelligence Lab

Growth & Execution

CEO Agenda

See What the Market Already Sees About Your Brand

Aug 11, 2026

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7 min read

See What the Market Already Sees About Your Brand

Why leaders should diagnose externally visible growth constraints before they launch, scale, automate or push harder.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

The Launch Is Not the Problem. The Follow-Through System Is.

Aug 8, 2026

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8 min read

The Launch Is Not the Problem. The Follow-Through System Is.

What IFA reveals about why commercial momentum often leaks after events, campaigns and product pushes, and what leaders should fix before attention disappears.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

What IFA Reveals About the Future of Consumer Tech Markets

Aug 7, 2026

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7 min read

What IFA Reveals About the Future of Consumer Tech Markets

Why the next phase of consumer technology will be shaped less by individual devices, and more by AI-enabled ecosystems, retail trust and market execution.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Consumer Tech Radar

IFA Berlin 2026

Growth & Execution

Your IFA Launch Is Not Ready Until the Retail Story Is Ready

Aug 6, 2026

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7 min read

Your IFA Launch Is Not Ready Until the Retail Story Is Ready

Why product innovation only becomes commercial momentum when retailers, sales teams and partners can explain, compare and activate the value.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

European GTM

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

Where AI Actually Creates GTM Leverage

Aug 5, 2026

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7 min read

Where AI Actually Creates GTM Leverage

Why the real opportunity is not more content or outreach, but a stronger sequence from market signal to commercial learning.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

European GTM

AI-Augmented Business

Growth & Execution

AI Is Making GTM Faster. That May Be the Problem.

Aug 4, 2026

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7 min read

AI Is Making GTM Faster. That May Be the Problem.

Why CEOs should worry less about AI adoption in sales and marketing, and more about whether GTM is learning faster than it is producing.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin

Growth & Execution

CEO Agenda

Your Portfolio Is Probably Too Busy

Aug 2, 2026

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7 min read

Your Portfolio Is Probably Too Busy

Why growth often slows when companies sell too many things with too little commercial clarity.

Frédéric Martin
Frédéric Martin
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