Archive - The Strategy Layer

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 13 · Aug 8 - Aug 14, 2026

The week fluent stopped meaning true.

Aug 14 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 12 · Aug 1 - Aug 7, 2026

The week the rules arrived before the rooms were built.

Aug 7 • Steve Tout

Your Human Problems are Scaling as Fast as Your AI

AI scales the work as it exists. Human-centered design helps us redesign it with the people living it every day.

Aug 4 • Darcie Fitzpatrick

July 2026

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 11 · July 25 - July 31, 2026

The week the deadline moved and the evidence demand didn't.

Jul 31 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 10 · July 18 - July 24, 2026

The week the capability was legal and the provenance was not.

Jul 24 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 09 · July 11 - July 17, 2026

The week governance changed its unit of measure.

Jul 17 • Steve Tout

“It Depends” Is Not an Accountability Model

Companion reading for The Verified Intelligence Briefing — reflections on Andy Baldwin’s CXOTalk conversation on AI governance, scaling, and the CIO’s…

Jul 13 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 08 · July 4 - July 10, 2026

The week model dependency got a price tag.

Jul 10 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 07 · June 27 - July 3, 2026

The week someone stopped asking "who watches the agents?" and shipped an answer.

Jul 3 • Steve Tout

June 2026

NeuroNest Implements AuthR

Bringing accountability, provenance, and drift awareness to autonomous AI agents

Jun 29 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 06 · June 20–26, 2026

The week the bill arrived — in a courtroom and a KYC form.

Jun 26 • Steve Tout

The Verified Intelligence Briefing: Issue 05 · June 13–19, 2026

The week the AI agent problem moved to identity's home turf.

Jun 19 • Steve Tout

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