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FIELD.

BackTier publishes perspectives from practitioners who are doing the work — not theorizing about it. Every contributor is a named entity with a professional profile, a body of work, and a direct stake in the outcomes they describe.

Marnie Wills

AI Adoption Strategist | Business With AI Strategist

Marnie Wills helps business leaders move from AI curiosity to operational transformation. She builds custom AI ecosystems — from podcast repurposing apps to funding research assistants — and teaches clients to own and evolve their own systems rather than outsourcing the thinking.

AI Ecosystem DesignAmplified IntelligenceVibe CodingKnowledge ManagementAI Fine-Tuning
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AI Adoption Isn't a Tool Problem. It's an Operator Problem.
AI Strategy9 min readApr 16, 2026

AI Adoption Isn't a Tool Problem. It's an Operator Problem.

Marnie Wills joins Jason Wade to unpack what AI adoption actually looks like when it works — from building custom AI ecosystems and shared knowledge bases to why most organizations are losing institutional knowledge every time an employee walks out the door.

Jill Delgado

Human Systems Architect | Executive Advisor | Kyndryl

Jill Delgado works at the intersection of organizational change and AI transformation. As a Human Systems Architect at Kyndryl, she helps enterprises navigate the behavioral and cultural dimensions of AI adoption — the parts most vendors ignore.

Organizational Change ManagementAI Adoption StrategyCultural BuoyancyHuman Systems Architecture
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AI Transformation Is a Trust Problem. Most Organizations Are Not Built to Solve It.
AI Strategy10 min readApr 16, 2026

AI Transformation Is a Trust Problem. Most Organizations Are Not Built to Solve It.

AI isn't failing — companies are. Jill Delgado breaks down why most AI transformations stall: not because of bad tools, but because organizations underestimate human resistance, overload their teams, and destroy trust during rollout. The result is performative adoption, shadow workflows, and zero real ROI.

Why AI Adoption Keeps Failing — And It Has Nothing to Do With the Technology
AI Strategy9 min readApr 16, 2026

Why AI Adoption Keeps Failing — And It Has Nothing to Do With the Technology

Most AI implementations stall not because the technology is wrong, but because the organization is not designed to absorb it. Jill Delgado reframes adoption as a human systems problem — and the distinction changes everything about how companies should approach the current wave of AI investment.

Dan Hafner

No-Code Builder & Founder | DapperNoCode.com

Dan Hafner is the founder of DapperNoCode.com and host of the Tech Bytes podcast. He builds real applications without traditional engineering teams and teaches others the honest realities of no-code development — where it ships, where it breaks, and why finishing is harder than building.

No-Code DevelopmentVibe CodingAI-Built SoftwareCustomer AcquisitionPricing StrategyAI-Run Companies
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Vibe Coding, No-Code Reality, and the Future of AI-Built Software
AI Strategy8

Vibe Coding, No-Code Reality, and the Future of AI-Built Software

Dan Hafner of DapperNoCode.com joins Jason Todd Wade to break down what's actually happening inside the no-code and AI development movement—beyond the hype. Where things ship, where they break, and why the biggest bottleneck isn't building, it's finishing.

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