Brian Solis

What the shift between 1870 and 1900 can teach us about what AI makes possible. Please read (and subscribe to) my latest newsletter 🙏 👉 briansolis.substack.com/p/fr…

Sorry, AI!

🫣 According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, U.S. students’ reading test scores continue to drop, a trend that started before the pandemic. Reading test scores have trended downward since 2013 for eighth graders and since 2015 for fourth graders. The decline has reached a tipping point, said Phil Capin, assistant professor of education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto…

AI agents are moving from answering questions to navigating the web, comparing products, verifying claims, coordinating with other agents, and increasingly completing transactions. Welcome to the agentic web, and the rise of machine-native markets. Full keynote at the end…👀 briansolis.substack.com/p/yo… @hardskillx

Innovation doesn't just happen. You have to lead them. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the @GDruckerForum in Vienna, the world´s leading management and leadership conference! trend.at/unternehmen/global-…

I don't remember saying this, but I like it! “The real currency of the future is attention and experience. Everything else is just logistics.” brightstarevents.com/en/insp…

Writing Mindshift the first time I codified my work of translating emerging tech, work and societal trends into compelling stories and actionable leadership. It's on sale at Amazon for $12 (-56%)! If you read it, please let me know! 🙏 amazon.com/Mindshift-Embraci…

This made my heart smile! I don't love how I look in this picture, but I do love how I felt in the moment. I was deplaning @United UA1320 SNA-SFO, when I said goodnight and thank you to the flight attendants. Just as I was about to step off the plane, I heard, "I loved Mindshift by the way!" 🥰 I stopped and turned around (getting out of the way of everyone else. She shared that she read it as part of a leadership course she was taking. I gave her a hug and asked for a picture. This is Eleanor. She made my week! Thank you! 🫶

AI is growing up while businesses need to stop limiting it to automating yesterday’s processes. Thank you @BernardMarr for this wonderful summary of my presentation at @WorldSummitAI in Amsterdam. briansolis.com/2026/10/busin… p.s. I wish I knew you were there!

I’m in SF at luma hotel, just sharing elevators with robots that come and go. This one joined me on the lobby level and left me on floor 8. 🤖