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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Three AI Factory Types

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As 2025 drew to a close, the narrative surrounding enterprise AI began to shift. We moved from 2025 being the “Year of Experimentation” to 2026 shaping as the “Year of Deployment.” Under such a mandate, enterprises must develop and deploy their AI applications scalably, efficiently, and economically. For the large […]
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Evolving the AI Agent Spectrum: From Software to Embodied AI

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In the piece Agents in the AI-First Company I introduced a five-level spectrum for understanding software agents. The piece generated a strong response and valuable comments, for both of which I’m incredibly grateful. Some readers questioned the original progression of the spectrum. They noted that developing agents that can collaborate […]
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Agents In the AI-First Company

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AI agents are an important component of the transformation to become an AI-first company. Corporations undertaking this transformation must understand where and how to incorporate agents and which agent types to utilize in the AI-centric processes they establish and the organizational structures they adopt. The article presents AI agent types, […]
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The AI-First Company

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Introduction In today’s corporate digital transformation landscape, “AI-first company” is emerging as a term that deserves real attention, not just another consultant’s buzzword. But can an incumbent truly transform to become AI-first, as Intuit is attempting, or must it be designed that way from inception, like Tesla? In my previous […]
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Crossing the Enterprise Generative AI Chasm

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AI solution providers and infrastructure providers committed to spend $1T on AI-related capex over the next few years, in anticipation of high demand for and heavy use of generative AI enterprise solutions. A few years ago, the automotive industry committed similar scale investments toward the development and deployment of battery […]
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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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  • 06 February 2024
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Enterprises Finding Value With Generative AI

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Enterprises use several different technologies, including AI, to automate their processes and create value. They are currently experimenting with generative AI to determine whether it can provide significant and enduring value. Is the enterprise’s excitement about generative AI justified? Is the size of the investments being made and planned warranted? […]
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