Author: BradyG
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AI’s Silent Economic Threat
The Risk We See but Don’t Acknowledge Governments, businesses, and technologists are treating AI as the fix for Canada’s productivity problem. The logic seems sound: AI automates tasks, increases output, and makes businesses more efficient. And given Canada’s long-standing struggle with slow productivity growth, AI looks like a golden ticket. Of course, it could be—but… Read more
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Canada’s Possibility Crisis
Canada Has a Possibility Crisis An upside-down flag is a universal distress signal – let’s start there. Canada is shrinking—not in size, but in ambition. We used to dream big. Now, we manage decline. Everyone keeps saying Canada has a productivity problem. That we need to work harder, be more efficient, and squeeze out a few extra GDP… Read more
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The Aloha Project
Loneliness Needs Action My interests have always been vast—technology, AI, innovation, adventure, sustainability. But at the core of everything I do is a single, unshakable belief: ideas are only as powerful as their execution. Whether it’s leveraging AI for business growth, designing new ways to live and work, or exploring the unknown, my focus is… Read more
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Don’t Talk, Make – My Empowered Economics
Thinking Big is Easy—Delivering is the Real Challenge There’s no shortage of big ideas in business. Bold visions, sweeping strategies, and ambitious concepts fill meeting rooms, conferences, and articles. I’ve put my own thought forward on this website, but unless those ideas translate into real-world action—measurable outcomes that move the needle—they’re just noise. So here… Read more
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The Intelligence Renaissance
Standing at the Edge of a New Age Every so often, a shift happens that changes everything—not just an upgrade, not just an evolution, but a fundamental transformation in how we think, work, and live. Right now, we are in the middle of one of the biggest shifts in human history. I’ve been calling it The… Read more
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Innovation Needs Marketers
Innovation is the heartbeat of prosperity. When new ideas transform into practical tools, economic possibilities are born. However, success is determined not just by what you create but how people recognize its value. This is where marketing becomes essential. Marketing is the toolkit that builds awareness and communicates usefulness, ensuring that innovation becomes part of… Read more
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Canada: The Research Colony
We Fund Innovation, Others Take the Profits Imagine if Canada spent billions mining gold, only to hand it over to foreign companies for free. Imagine if we developed world-changing technologies, only for them to be owned and monetized by other nations. Now stop imagining—it’s happening right now.” Imagine a country that pours billions into research,… Read more
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Supercharging SME’s with AI
Ability is Advantage Canada has faced persistent productivity challenges, which have contributed to slower GDP growth compared to other advanced economies. Despite its rich natural resources and well-educated workforce, Canadian firms have been slower to adopt new technologies and scale up innovative practices, leading to a productivity gap. SMEs, in particular, struggle with limited resources… Read more
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Canada’s Productivity Crisis in an Age of AI
Enhancing Small Business Productivity with Knowledge. We are standing at the crossroads of a profound shift in the global economy, and the stakes for Canada are incredibly high. Our productivity has been stagnating for years, and as AI technologies rapidly transform industries, we face an even greater risk of being left behind. But here’s the… Read more
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Small is the New Big
The article Small is the New Big by Brady Gilchrist challenges the conventional view of small businesses as a monolithic category and argues for a more nuanced understanding of their diverse needs. While small businesses are often celebrated as the backbone of the Canadian economy, the article highlights how their challenges vary significantly based on size, resources,… Read more
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Slumbering Birds
The wind was warmish with a touch of humidity with a hint of lake smell on it. The wind blew gentle ripples on the water, enough to make the sails full but little more. My 27-foot sloop moved through the dark and calm waters of the harbours western gap at a slow rate of knots… Read more
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The journey is the destination.
The water was a grey indigo on its way to black. The sky was deep violet on its way to black. The horizon fast disappearing. It was close to the moment where the sky and the water join into one dark abyss. Venus was still in the sky to the west lit brightly by the… Read more
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Flying was my MBA
Everything I ever needed to know about being an executive I learned as a Pilot. Flying is in my blood. It has been since the earliest days. I love the art of it and I love the view. I even share the same birthday as Wilbur Wright. In my 20’s I was a Bush Pilot in… Read more
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The Digital Life
What was The Digital Life? In 1999, I was fascinated by how media was evolving. It was clear that everything was starting to break free from its traditional containers—TV, print, radio—all converging into something new. To explore this shift, I wired up a sailboat as a floating experiment, testing the emergence of the digital world—the very… Read more