The AI Delegation Trap and the Productivity J-Curve

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The Productivity J-Curve best explains AI’s productivity paradox. The investments across different categories beyond technology initially depress measurable output. Rather than making the necessary investments across these categories, CEOs of legacy corporations often fall into the Delegation Trap, treating AI as a tactical IT upgrade. This misallocation triggers the AI […]
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Architecting the Corporate Industrial Policy to Survive the AI Stakeholder Squeeze

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Incumbent corporations are investing in and incorporating AI, yet most fail to fundamentally alter their operating models or achieve strong ROI as a result. The root of this failure is not technological. It is macroeconomic and organizational. US enterprises are attempting to execute a paradigm-shifting technological transition within a market […]
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Deciding Between AI-Enhanced and AI-First Business Processes

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The business world is buzzing with AI experimentation. However, a structured approach for moving from experimentation to production, although necessary, is often lacking, which hinders AI’s transformative potential. This article introduces a decision-support framework, implemented as a decision tree, to help executives mitigate the risks associated with decisions relating to […]
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Where Are We With Enterprise Generative AI?

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Despite the noise from high-tech corporations, startups, venture investors, and analysts, we are still in a very early phase of generative AI. As a result, it is hard to assume, let alone declare, that generative AI will transform every business process driving operational efficiencies, create new revenue streams, result in […]
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