How Artificial Intelligence is reshaping careers, leadership and competitive advantage by Curtis C. Brown, Jr. CEO, Tier 1 Level Consulting AILaborShiftTier1 Whitepaper (you can download the PDF version by clicking on the above link here) Executive Summary I’ve spent more than four decades in financial services. In that time, I’ve watched technology reshape the industry in ways […]
By Curtis C. Brown CEO When any client can summon a CFP-grade portfolio analysis in seconds, the question is no longer what you know — it’s whether you’re worth knowing. For the better part of a century, financial expertise was a moat. The wealth manager who understood tax-loss harvesting strategies, Monte Carlo simulations, and the nuanced interplay[…]
By Curtis Brown, CEO Tier 1 Level Consulting Most executives don’t fail because they lack talent—they fail because they misidentify it. In leadership, talent is not what you can do. It’s what you do consistently well, under pressure, and in a way that creates disproportionate value. Early in my career, I observed a senior leader who struggled[…]








