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Being a consultant is hard. It takes a certain type of person to love this grind. Crazy? Maybe. Dopamine junkie? Definitely. Committed? Absolutely. This week I was happy to co-host the PS Hummingbird 2026 Leadership kickoff meetings in beautiful Greenville SC. A year ago there were less people in the company than there are in this picture. I could have named everyone in this post then ….but we’re 170+ globally now….Ooops. So I’ll just say thank you to all my teammates for an amazing 2025 and I’m hyped for what this new year brings! Believe me when I say, this is a company of dedicated, focused, and exceptionally skilled individuals working as a team on a mission….And we are coming for 2026. All of it. Greg Gant Jonathan Stypula Adam Piercy Andy Popkin John Lawhead Noel Thompson Charles West Charlotte Clark Jonathan Yundt Vivian L. Dale Simmons Lee M. Landy Wingard Nicholas Hogan, MHA, A-CSPO Ken Heineck Brad Koontz Dustin Caudell Greg Lundein Bob Gerten #pshpunks #poty2026 #pshummingbird #birdstravel

AI doesn’t fail because the models aren’t smart enough. It fails because it isn’t operational. Manuka US helps enterprises move from analytics and pilots to production AI — built on trusted data, governed properly, and designed to operate inside real business systems. As AI expectations rise in the U.S., the difference won’t be who experiments fastest. It will be who turns platforms like Databricks into real, repeatable outcomes. That’s the work we’re focused on. #EnterpriseAI #AgenticEnterprise #AIAtScale #ManukaAI Manuka ANZ | The Databricks People Manuka EMEA | The Databricks People tquila

Big news from Avanai!   Today, Avanai secured a $10M growth investment from tquila to scale how enterprises deploy AI agents and accelerate software delivery through AI coding. Enterprises are moving fast from pilots to production. What they are asking for is clear. AI that delivers outcomes, integrates with real systems, and meets governance, security, and compliance requirements.   This is exactly where Avanai operates.   As an n8n Premium Expert Partner, we help organizations move from experimentation to production by combining enterprise grade governance with speed to delivery. We sit at the intersection of agentic automation and AI assisted development, enabling end to end automation of real business processes while accelerating how software is built and maintained.   “Enterprises don’t need more AI demos, they need AI that can execute mission critical business processes,” said Christian Voigt, Co Founder and CEO of Avanai. “This investment gives us the firepower to scale our expert teams, expand AI coding, and turn ideas into production workflows and applications.”   Aemal Sayer, Co Founder and CTO, added, “Too much of what is called agentic AI today breaks once you introduce real systems, real data, and real operational constraints. Our focus is reliability, observability, and governance from day one.”   From our partners’ perspective, James McHugh, Founder and CEO of Tquila, commented, “Avanai is building exactly where the market is headed, practical agentic automation paired with AI coding that speeds up delivery without compromising control.”   With this investment, Avanai will scale enterprise delivery capacity for multi country deployments, expand AI coding offerings to accelerate integration and application delivery, and invest in repeatable solutions for high impact enterprise functions with n8n.   This is just the beginning.   If you are serious about moving AI from pilots to production, let’s talk - avanai.io

How can you spot tomorrow’s billion-dollar opportunity before everyone else? In this week’s episode of ‘All About Business’ I sat down with James McHugh , founder and chairman of tquila , a company that has built and scaled technology service businesses worth over $1 billion. From joint ventures with Salesforce and ServiceNow to pioneering AI-driven solutions, James has a rare track record of turning ideas into high-growth companies. We talk about why timing is everything, how trusted relationships can make or break a business, and why the coming wave of AI will be unlike anything we’ve seen before. If you’re curious about the future of work, flying cars, or why choosing the right AI could be one of the most important decisions of your career, this episode is for you. As James puts it: “In my long tenure in technology, I’ve never seen anything like what’s coming.” What does it take to stay ahead when the pace of change accelerates every week? Let me know your thoughts in the comments… #AllAboutBusiness #LoveMondays #LifeAtReed #BusinessPodcast #Since1960 #PhilCo #JamesMcHugh #Entrepreneurship #AI #VentureBuilding

Dinner with tquila friends at Convergence | AI + ERP Conference! Nobu Miami Adam Piercy Libby McNamara Jake Roder James McHugh Greg Gant Jackie (Simens) Gant Sanya Sapra Mike Reznik

After an inspiring week at #reInvent2025, I’m off to Miami next week for Convergence!