<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>twentyeighteleven: writing</title><description>twentyeighteleven is the AI-enablement partner for Singapore SMBs and catch-up corporates, run by an operator who builds and runs AI agents in production daily. Working AI in weeks: grant-aware, fixed-price, no slide decks.</description><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/</link><item><title>AI transformation is an operations problem. Not a tools problem.</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/ai-transformation-is-an-operations-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/ai-transformation-is-an-operations-problem/</guid><description>Notion found 88% of companies are still early on AI. The useful response is not more tool access, it is workflow ownership, governance and measurement.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Singapore&apos;s 2026 AI grant stack, explained for SME owners</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/singapore-ai-grants-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/singapore-ai-grants-2026/</guid><description>NAIIP, the 400% EIS tax deduction, expanded PSG, SkillsFuture credits and DBS Spark GenAI: what each is worth on a real S$18,000 engagement.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Build, buy, or partner: an honest decision tree for SMB AI</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/build-buy-or-partner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/build-buy-or-partner/</guid><description>When to buy off-the-shelf AI, build in-house, or bring in a partner, with the MIT failure data, the trap cases, and a 5-question self-diagnostic.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to pick your first agentic workflow (a scoring method that prevents regret)</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/first-agentic-workflow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/first-agentic-workflow/</guid><description>A 5-factor scoring method for choosing your first agentic workflow, and why weekly reporting beats customer-facing chat as a first pick.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your team isn&apos;t resisting AI. They&apos;re resisting being automated without a say.</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/your-team-isnt-resisting-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/your-team-isnt-resisting-ai/</guid><description>AI resistance is rational, and it&apos;s information. Why involvement beats mandates, with the adoption numbers to prove it and a fix that works.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The one-page AI policy your business needs before any pilot</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/one-page-ai-policy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/one-page-ai-policy/</guid><description>Skip the 40-page framework. A one-page AI policy (template included) covering what AI may touch, human-in-the-loop rules and measurement.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What an AI consultant actually costs in Singapore (2026 numbers)</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/ai-consultant-cost-singapore-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/ai-consultant-cost-singapore-2026/</guid><description>Real 2026 benchmarks for AI consulting in Singapore: audit fees, day rates, fractional CAIO costs, grant offsets, and our own published prices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What it actually costs to run a company on AI agents</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/what-it-costs-to-run-on-agents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/what-it-costs-to-run-on-agents/</guid><description>Real numbers from a solo-founder SaaS run by an agent fleet: API spend, supervision hours, what broke, and how it compares to 3–4 hires.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why 95% of AI pilots fail (and the boring reason it isn&apos;t the model)</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/why-ai-pilots-fail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/why-ai-pilots-fail/</guid><description>MIT found 95% of GenAI pilots deliver no P&amp;L impact. The cause isn&apos;t the technology: it&apos;s the workflow around it. Here&apos;s what actually goes wrong.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Agent washing: how to tell a real agentic system from a chatbot in a trench coat</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/agent-washing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/agent-washing/</guid><description>Gartner found only ~130 genuinely agentic vendors among thousands claiming it. Six questions that expose the difference before you sign.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>We let agents run our monthly close. Here&apos;s the control system that makes it safe.</title><link>https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/agents-run-our-monthly-close/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://twentyeighteleven.sg/blog/agents-run-our-monthly-close/</guid><description>How AI agents run a three-entity, five-currency monthly close: the approval gates, audit trail and honest failures behind it. Written for CFOs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>