Volume One · 2026Tigara Group Journal
Notes from the
practice.
Short reflections on cross-border business, trust building, and the practical edge of AI in operations.
Insights and announcements
Perspectives on cross-border practice.

Editor's pick
AI Integration Without Productivity Theatre
The operational audit that should come before tool selection. Five failure modes that turn AI investment into expensive busywork, and the 90-day outcome gate that separates real value from theatre.
12 min read · AI Growth · April 2026

Why cross-border expansions fail at the trust layer.
The relationship cycles that go missing when firms scale international BD too quickly.
8 min read · Cross-Border Practice

Federal trade policy lessons for mid-market exporters.
How government decision-making actually works, and what it means for your export strategy.
10 min read · Trade Policy

Why market entry is now an intelligence problem.
AI expands the intelligence to know where and how to move. It cannot touch the human capacity to build the trust that makes movement possible.
7 min read · Cross-Border Practice