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January 5, 2026

Monday's Musings: Davos 2026 - In A Spirt of Dialogue, Conversation Starters For Debate (Part 1)

By R "Ray" Wang

World Economic Forum's 2026 Theme Centers Around "A Spirit of Dialogue"

Another year, another Davos.  With 3000 official and 5000 unofficial attendees at UnDavos and a host of amazing side events, the beginning of the year marks a rite of passage for the C-Suite.  While convening high above the Swiss Alps, these global leaders will "talk" about the state of world affairs and economy, Many skeptics wonder if real dialogue will be had.  

Constellation Orbits
January 12, 2026

Fiduciary Duty in the Gray Zone: What Boards Must Know About Converging Geopolitical and Technology Risks

By Dr. David Bray

While Davos leaders debate cooperation in contested worlds, corporate Boards face an urgent reality: Advanced Persistent Threats are exploiting hardware vulnerabilities with 15-year systematic campaigns, fragmented AI policies across 50 U.S. states are creating competitive asymmetries that favor unified adversaries, and gray zone conflict has made your company a target in ways your quarterly risk reports will never detect. This informative piece argues that fiduciary duty now extends into the gray zone, requiring Boards to shift from reactive risk management to proactive strategic foresight that treats cybersecurity, AI governance, and geopolitical risk as inseparable dimensions of corporate strategy. The question is no longer whether your organization will be targeted, but whether your Board understands that traditional governance frameworks are insufficient when facing adaptive, intelligent adversaries in rapidly changing environments.

Constellation Insights
January 11, 2026

Why enterprise AI leaders need to bank on open-source LLMs

By Larry Dignan

Nvidia, which is quickly becoming the champion of AI open-source models in the US, argues that open AI models are roughly six months behind more expensive proprietary frontier models. If that's the case, CxOs should base nearly all of their AI plans around open-source models.