<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[McCarthy Group - Strategic Consulting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The McCarthy Group, founded by Charlie McCarthy, is a professional online consulting firm that specializes in marketing, business strategy, and AI adoption for small business owners, solopreneurs, startups, and mid-sized companies.]]></description><link>https://www.mccarthygroupllc.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:22:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mccarthygroupllc.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Smarter Tools, Same Questions: Why Human-Led Strategy Still Wins in an AI-Powered Business]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the last handful of years, AI has dominated business conversations. What can it do? Should we be leveraging it? What are the risks if we do? What are the risks if we don’t (the FOMO is real)? Boards continue to ask about AI. Leaders are finding new ways to experiment with it daily. Marketing departments are adopting generative &#38; multimodal AI tools faster than anyone has time to evaluate them properly. Somewhere in the middle of all of that noise, a quieter and more important question is...]]></description><link>https://www.mccarthygroupllc.com/post/why-human-led-strategy-wins-in-ai-powered-business</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b9e624bcb9fb0e96f3b40c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:05:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/12b3f2_a762e343c3504c2c9c772cb92c0bceaa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Charlie McCarthy</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>