Insights

We are always Exploring

The Fake Economics of Digital Reach: Are You Building Your Digital Strategy Around Sawdust?

Published On

September 15, 2026

Digital reach is often built on inflated numbers. Heroik’s AIR research shows that once bots, ignored impressions, weak attention, and irrelevant audiences are removed, the economics of digital marketing, face-to-face engagement, and acquisition change dramatically overnight.

$

Shark in the Bathtub: Why AI Risk Analysis Needs More History, Probability, and Discernment

Published On

September 14, 2026

The AI doom debate has a critical-thinking problem. We aggressively imagine catastrophe, then barely apply the same scrutiny to intervention, adaptation, upside, incentives, or history. That’s not objective risk analysis. It’s putting a thumb on the scale. We’ve faced RUF before: Risk. Uncertainty. Fear. Welcome to innovation.

$

What Tennessee’s Energy Leaders Are Really Building

Published On

August 13, 2026

Tennessee’s energy future depends on more than generation. As infrastructure, AI, data centers, capital, and economic growth converge, the real advantage will come from connecting systems, institutions, knowledge, and decisions into a stronger operating environment.

$