AI, Population Decline, and the Future of Human Work

AI, Population Decline, and the Future of Human Work For years, much of the public conversation surrounding artificial intelligence has focused on fear and disruption. Headlines often center…

Universities Should Follow Data Centers, Not Rankings

Universities chasing the next wave of tech growth may be looking in the wrong places. The next major opportunity may not be Silicon Valley or Seattle. It may…

AI, Work, and the Future of Human Labor

An article from this week’s edition of The Economist focused on a question that is becoming harder to ignore: What happens if AI eventually changes not just how…

AAEL Labs: Building a Human Reader App in 29 Minutes

My partner Dianne Keck, KPA-CTP, SDC complained to me about her “Gwyneth Paltrow sounding” AI reading tool. More specifically, she was frustrated that the platform: • sounded unnatural…

The Battle Over Private Listings

The constant battles over private listings are giving the real estate profession a black eye. First it was compensation. Then compensation disclosure. Now private listings and listing transparency….

The Professional Proof-of-Work: Why Your Portfolio Is Your Competitive Edge

Most graduate students are sitting on something incredibly valuable… and hiding it inside a Learning Management System where nobody will ever see it. One of the biggest shifts…

National headlines don’t always tell the story for every market

That may be the biggest takeaway from today’s housing data. Nationally, existing home sales came in at 4.02 million in April, essentially flat from March and below expectations…

AI in Healthcare

This weekend, while teaching a session on AI in Healthcare, something became very clear to me. We are rapidly approaching a future where AI will not simply assist…

Phoenix Metro Housing Market Continues to Shift in 2026

Maricopa County housing activity continues to show an interesting shift as we move deeper into 2026. Using updated ARMLS data through May 11, 2026, several trends are becoming…

The Canvas Breach as a Case Study in Technological Dependency in Higher Education

The recent Canvas cybersecurity breach raises questions that extend far beyond cybersecurity itself. It raises questions about institutional dependency, infrastructure ownership, and the long-term consequences of outsourcing the…