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06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth from all of us at Blackline.

Wishing everyone a meaningful day spent celebrating, reflecting, and connecting with community.

06/18/2026

🚨 This is the AI question most vendors hope you never ask.

What happens when the AI gets it wrong?

Because it will.

AI can produce incorrect answers with complete confidence. It can misinterpret context. It can create outputs nobody anticipated.

The real question isn't whether mistakes will happen. The question is: Who owns them when they do?

📞 Who gets the call when an AI-generated mistake happens in front of a client?
👀 Who monitors the system day to day?
🛡️ Who is accountable for the outcome?

Most organizations spend months evaluating features, pricing, integrations, and use cases. Very few spend enough time defining ownership.

That's where risk enters the equation.

If there is no clear person responsible for monitoring, governing, and managing the solution, you're not implementing AI. You're creating a liability with no owner attached to it. ⚠️

The most successful AI deployments aren't defined by the technology. They're defined by accountability.

Before you ask what AI can do for your business, ask who owns it when something goes wrong.

Take our free AI Readiness Assessment to evaluate your governance and accountability framework: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

06/16/2026

More software doesn't mean better operations.

Most businesses are running on 5, 6, 7, or even 12 different platforms.

A CRM.
A project management tool.
An ERP.
A marketing platform.
A ticketing system.
A dozen other point solutions.

Each one comes with its own licensing fee. 💸

And despite all that investment, most companies are still relying on people to bridge the gaps between systems.

Why?

Because the technology stack was never designed to work as one connected ecosystem.

The result:

❌ Data silos
❌ Duplicate work
❌ Manual handoffs
❌ Conflicting reports
❌ No true source of truth

For years, businesses accepted this as the cost of growth.

It doesn't have to be anymore.

With the right AI strategy, organizations can begin redesigning their operational infrastructure from the ground up. 🔄

Imagine a connected operational system where:

✅ Information flows seamlessly between departments
✅ Data is centralized and accessible
✅ Outputs are tailored to each team’s needs
✅ Leadership has a single source of truth

The goal isn't adding another tool.

The goal is creating a smarter system.

AI is giving businesses the opportunity to replace disconnected workflows with connected intelligence. 🤖

The companies that move first won't just automate tasks.

They'll redesign how work gets done.

Take our free AI Readiness Assessment to see where your organization stands: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

06/15/2026

🚨 Too many AI use cases? That's not your problem. Prioritization is.

You ask department leaders where AI can help.

Sales gives you 20 ideas.
Marketing gives you 20 more.
Operations, Finance, HR, Customer Success... suddenly you're staring at 100+ potential AI projects. 🤯

So where do you start?

Start with the outcome.

Before evaluating a single use case, answer this question:

Why are we implementing AI in the first place?

🎯 Increase revenue?
⚙️ Improve operational efficiency?
📈 Scale without adding headcount?
😊 Improve customer experience?

Once the business objective is clear, prioritization becomes much easier.

Ask every use case:

✅ Does it directly support our primary business goal?
✅ Will it generate revenue?
✅ Will it help us grow without increasing headcount?
✅ Can we measure the impact?

If the answer is no, move it to the back burner.

Most organizations don't have an AI adoption problem.

They have a prioritization problem.

The fastest path to AI ROI isn't doing more projects. It's focusing on the few that create measurable business outcomes. 💡

Take our free AI Readiness Assessment to identify where AI can drive the biggest impact first: https://assessment.blacklineit.com/lite

06/11/2026

🚨 Your AI budget problem probably isn’t AI. It’s governance.

One company reportedly faced $500 million in unexpected AI usage costs. 💰

Not because employees were reckless.
Not because AI tools are always too expensive.
Because “go use AI” was never translated into rules, limits, ownership, or measurable outcomes.

That’s the gap most businesses are creating right now:

🔹 Open access
🔹 No guardrails
🔹 No usage thresholds
🔹 No ROI tracking
🔹 No clear definition of success

The intent is good: move fast, empower teams, stay competitive. ⚡

But speed without governance turns experimentation into exposure.

AI vendors do not need your team to fully understand the pricing model on day one. They need your workflows to become dependent first. Once AI is embedded across your organization, pricing, switching costs, compliance, and usage controls become much harder conversations.

The companies that win with AI will not be the ones with the most tools.

They’ll be the ones that can answer:

✅ What are we using?
✅ Who is using it?
✅ Why are they using it?
✅ What business result is it producing?
✅ What is it costing us?

Governance is not the slow lane.

It is how you scale AI without letting the invoice become your strategy. 🧾

Take our free AI Readiness Assessment and see where your organization stands: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

05/29/2026

There is a lot of conversation around “autonomous” AI.

But when it comes to generative AI, our perspective is clear: these tools are still deeply reliant on humans. 🤖

Generative AI needs direction, context, judgment, review, and application. It can support workflows, accelerate thinking, and improve output, but it does not replace the human role in deciding what matters, what is accurate, and what should happen next.

That is why generative AI may be one of the most human-centered technologies ever created.

The opportunity is not removing people from the process. The opportunity is helping people work smarter, make better decisions, and create more value with the right tools in place. 💡

🎧 Watch the full conversation: https://bit.ly/3RzJABX
💡 Find out where your business stands with AI and how to take the next step with confidence: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

05/28/2026

AI has created a massive infrastructure opportunity.

From GPUs to data centers, the demand behind AI has accelerated the need for more computing power, more capacity, and more strategic investment. 🏗️

Companies are looking for ways to participate in that opportunity, even in industries where the pivot may seem unexpected.

But the most important point comes at the end:

It is easy to get caught up in the narrative of AI. It is much harder to execute on AI.

That distinction matters for every business leader. AI strategy cannot stop at excitement, headlines, or market momentum. The real value comes from understanding where AI fits, what it requires, and how to turn opportunity into practical business outcomes. 🤖

🎧 Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/3RzJABX
💡 Find out where your business stands with AI: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

05/21/2026

“If you haven’t started, just start.”

That may be one of the most practical pieces of advice for any business leader thinking about AI. 💡

In this clip, Jonathan talks about moving from learning AI capabilities to actively prioritizing AI work across the business.

That progression matters.

AI adoption does not require ego. It requires humility, curiosity, and the willingness to ask: how can this help me improve, help my team improve, and help the company improve?

Once you start, structure becomes critical. Without it, AI can create a long list of possibilities. With it, AI becomes a focused path toward better workflows, smarter decisions, and stronger outcomes.

🎙️ Listen to the full conversation: https://bit.ly/4nN1yNl

🚀 Ready to assess your AI readiness? Find out where your business stands with AI: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

05/20/2026

AI is a powerful tool, but it should not become a barrier between leaders and people.

In this conversation, Jonathan is asked whether he has considered creating a “What would Jonathan do?” AI agent.

His answer is thoughtful: while the tool is possible, it would be low priority because he would rather work directly with employees, train them, teach them, and make sure the experience is positive.

That is an important distinction in AI adoption.

The goal is not to automate every interaction. The goal is to use AI where it creates value, supports better workflows, and enhances the work without replacing the relationships that matter most. 💡

🎙️ Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/4nN1yNl
🚀 Find out where your business stands with AI: https://bit.ly/4sEeas1

05/19/2026

The biggest barrier to AI adoption may not be the technology itself.

It may be the assumption that you need to understand everything before you begin.

This clip captures a more practical approach: commit 20 minutes a day, learn by doing, and build from there. 💡

By January, that daily habit had grown into hours of practical AI use. Today, AI supports everything from consultation to review to data analysis.

That is how transformation often happens: not all at once, but through consistent action. ⚡

🎧 Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/4nN1yNl

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