Centric Consulting

06/05/2026

AI trained on AI-generated content doesn't just degrade — it can collapse entirely. This InformationWeek piece is a useful wake-up call for any organization that's been feeding synthetic content back into its own training pipelines:

When companies train AI on AI-generated content, model performance degrades with every cycle. The bill for that mistake is already coming due.

06/04/2026

Roughly 70% to 75% of M&A deals fail to meet their goals, and technology integration is often where momentum stalls after close.

Bottlenecks form quickly as teams juggle overlapping systems, compliance demands, and tight timelines. AI agents can help reduce that complexity with clean data and strong governance.

Here's what that looks like in practice: https://ow.ly/ExSc50Z6SoA

06/03/2026

Browser-based AI tools are quickly becoming part of everyday work.

They also create new opportunities for sensitive company data to leave the organization without anyone realizing it.

In his latest Forbes Technology Council feature, Shane O'Donnell shares practical ways organizations can reduce data leak risks while helping teams use AI confidently and securely: https://ow.ly/9oIa50Z6S8L

05/29/2026

If your performance reviews still focus on output volume, you might be measuring yesterday’s strengths against today’s AI reality.

In his latest from Forbes, Joseph Ours breaks down why leaders need to shift from tracking task completion to evaluating what matters most in an AI-driven workplace.

Read the full piece here: https://ow.ly/UZbY50Z4WTa

05/27/2026

💡 From closing hidden security gaps in AI agents, to simplifying how they connect with Microsoft Copilot—here's how we're tacking some of today’s biggest challenges.

Catch up on the insights you may have missed: https://ow.ly/cIjj50Z4oWE

05/26/2026

AI agents have real potential, but they are not a plug-and-play solution.

Learn the five failure modes that can hold them back, including guardrails, workflow fit, and operational readiness. If your team is exploring AI, this is a useful place to start.

Here's the full article: https://ow.ly/sL8A50Z1RpG

05/25/2026

Today, we pause to honor the service members who gave everything to this country. We are grateful.

05/22/2026

Adopting Copilot while building AI agents outside the Microsoft ecosystem? Integration doesn’t have to slow you down.

Use these 12 pathways for connecting workflows, permissions, and governance models across both environments:

Explore 12 Bring Your Own Agent (BYOA) pathways for integrating custom AI agents into Microsoft Copilot, Teams, and Azure with the right framework for your business.

05/21/2026

Only 14% of enterprises deploying AI have a clear strategy with defined goals. That number from a new CIO Dive report is worth sitting with, especially as pressure to "do something with AI" continues to outpace the governance needed to do it well. Read more:

Tech leaders are caught in 'the AI moment' and feel an onus to deploy AI before the right guardrails are in place, an Altimetrik report found.

05/20/2026

According to Gartner, 40% of enterprise applications will feature task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, and most will go live without a security review.

As AI agents become more common, they introduce a new challenge for security teams. Identity and Access Management frameworks were built for human users—they don’t fully account for agents that operate autonomously, use shared credentials, and persist beyond their original workflows.

Shane O'Donnell explains what security teams need to do now in his latest piece for Forbes

For CISOs, CTOs and security teams, reviewing your security posture means extending the governance you already know to agentic AI identities.