Human+Machine Digital Magazine — Issue #1
The first edition of the Human+Machine Digital Magazine is now available! Throughout this issue, we explore the use of artificial intelligence in companies, from data strategy to the human side of transformation, as well as its impact across specific sectors and on investment decisions. We also look at a more recent development: the entry of AI agents into day-to-day operations. Rather than focusing on the technology itself, the goal is to bring clarity to what enables AI to work consistently.
The first edition of the Human+Machine Digital Magazine is now available! Throughout this issue, we explore the use of artificial intelligence in companies, from data strategy to the human side of transformation, as well as its impact across specific sectors and on investment decisions. We also look at a more recent development: the entry of AI agents into day-to-day operations.
Rather than focusing on the technology itself, the goal is to bring clarity to what enables AI to work consistently.
In this issue
- CEO Letter — Alex Kelleher, Founder and CEO of Quantum Rise, on why scaling early AI initiatives still feels hard — and why Human+Machine exists.
- Building an AI-ready data strategy: five questions CEOs should ask — Louise Keely on why data is a mission-critical asset and how to craft a strategy that won't overwhelm the organization.
- How to lead the human side of an AI transformation — Yingyang Wu on why scaling AI is primarily a people challenge and how to build a change management program that drives adoption.
- AI for Construction: what leaders should know now — Hugh Seaton on how AI is reshaping the construction industry and the practical first steps leaders should take.
- Consumer marketing: how to drive AI value in a fast-changing consumer sector — Louise Keely on why uncertainty about the future shouldn't prevent you from realizing AI value today.
- AI in Private Equity: Deal-ready AI due diligence — Fabio Ferraretto and Josh Kohn on how deal teams can evaluate AI value drivers and risk vectors across five pillars of maturity.
- Briefing: agents that work — Hugh Seaton on how three infrastructure developments in 2026 moved AI agents from laboratory curiosities to operational tools.