Real enterprise transformation with AI requires six foundations, not one. Here’s how to build them all

Six 90-day plans that provide a comprehensive roadmap for AI transformation.

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In 2024, Boston Consulting Group surveyed more than 1,000 C-suite executives and found that just 4% of companies were generating substantial value from artificial intelligence. A year later, that figure had risen to 5%. It is tempting to read this 25% year-on-year increase as the beginning of liftoff, the start of a series of compounding increases that will eventually drive AI-powered efficiency gains in every corner of the economy. But we should be wary of this tale, and not just because of the well-known danger of extrapolating a trend from two data points.

The last time a new technology upended old certainties and changed the business world, the impact on the bottom line was small for most businesses. The digital transformation took decades to complete and, while most companies eventually posted some productivity gains from their technology investments, these were typically modest. The real story of the digital revolution was not broad-based improvement but extreme........

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