Kunal Chopra
Three-time CEO · Board chairman
Writing
Columns & notes
Columns and working notes published on other platforms — Forbes, LinkedIn, and Boring AI. Each opens on its original source, so those links leave this site. Essays and the playbook are on the Essays page; podcasts and video are on the Speaking & Media page.
All pieces
- AI takes the hardest jobs firstChicago Booth's Capitalisn't conversation with Luis Garicano on why messy work outlasts hard work, explained as a dairy farm with a milking robot.AI and industrial transformation · Leadership through changeBoring AI
- The world has a budget for AI questionsChicago Booth research on the finite number of questions AI can answer, explained as a freight plane's payload sheet.AI and industrial transformation · Supply-chain intelligenceBoring AI
- AI trains faster when it copies a human flawChicago Booth research on why expensive AI training works, explained as an apprentice electrician.AI and industrial transformation · Company buildingBoring AI
- The one dark houseA Chicago Booth study on parents and AI, explained as a street after a storm.AI and industrial transformation · Leadership through changeBoring AI
- The cookie testFour Chicago Booth supply-chain experts, explained as a school bake sale.Supply-chain intelligence · Compliance intelligenceBoring AI
- A thesis I would run if I were on the PE side: build a bench of exclusive partnerships before you close, not after.Most firms treat vendor selection as a portfolio company problem. The ones running this well treat it as a platform capability, built once at the firm level and deployed repeatedly.Company buildingLinkedIn
- Hallucinations: Why You Might Be Using The Wrong Kind Of AIGenerative and deterministic AI are built for different work. In regulated environments, a system that can fabricate a plausible answer is the wrong kind of system.AI and industrial transformation · Compliance intelligenceForbes Technology Council
- Compliance used to be a once-a-year problem.Manual effort climbs in a straight line; automated effort stays nearly flat as volume grows. The gap between those two lines is where the pressure is building for every manufacturer.Compliance intelligenceLinkedIn
- If your AI compliance platform can hallucinate, it shouldn't be your AI compliance platform.A confidently wrong answer in compliance isn't a UX issue — it's a detained shipment, a failed audit, a regulatory penalty.Compliance intelligence · AI and industrial transformationLinkedIn
- AI features and AI-native are not the same thing.Systems where AI does the work, not just assists with it.AI and industrial transformationLinkedIn
- Why I'm Writing About AI for Boring BusinessesThe biggest AI opportunity isn't in tech.AI and industrial transformation · Company buildingBoring AI
- What Target Is Doing Right in the Pandemic-Era E-Commerce RaceSupply-chain intelligenceForbes Technology Council
- Key Considerations When Selling Your Amazon FBA BusinessCompany buildingForbes Technology Council
- Why an Integrated Supply Chain Is Essential for Scaling E-CommerceA perspective on the operating foundation required to scale.Supply-chain intelligenceForbes Technology Council
- Five Steps for Preparing Your Brand to Sell on AmazonSupply-chain intelligence · Company buildingForbes Technology Council