AI on the Clock

Bites

One idea per post, in plain English. What a thing actually is, where it came from, and why it became infrastructure while nobody was looking.

Twice a week. Each one is a carousel on LinkedIn first, then a proper page here with the slides and the argument written out. Looking for the daily news instead? That is Pulse.

• Nº 004 — What Is Shadow AI? Why Banning AI Tools Makes the Risk Worse

  Employees are already using AI at work through personal accounts and browser extensions nobody approved. Banning it does not remove the risk — it removes your visibility of it.

  SECURITY · 6 August 2026

• Nº 003 — What Is MCP (Model Context Protocol)? A Plain-English Guide

  Model Context Protocol is an open standard for how AI applications connect to tools and data — the USB-C port for AI. What it is, where it came from, and why it became infrastructure in eighteen months.

  INFRASTRUCTURE · 4 August 2026

• Nº 002 — 5 Hard Questions About Your AI Strategy

  If you cannot answer these five, you do not have a strategy — you have a budget line and some enthusiasm.

  STRATEGY · 30 July 2026

• Nº 001 — The RISEN Framework: A Repeatable Way to Write Prompts

  Role, Instructions, Steps, End goal, Narrowing — five slots that turn prompting from guesswork into something you can hand to a colleague.

  PROMPTING · 28 July 2026