A CIO article published this week shows the gap between the technological opportunity and the business results: AI is everywhere, but results are not coming. Many organizations are not seeing a tangible impact when they move from a pilot project to full implementation. The IT job was done; the tools were developed and deployed, cost of licenses was incurred and there are dashboards to look at.

So why isn’t it working?

Three root causes — all leadership failures

The article points to three root causes that are failures of leadership:

  • Insufficient training investment
  • Change management that lags technology rollout
  • Org structures built for a pre-AI world

Traditional org charts don’t account for executives who can navigate both human complexity and algorithmic logic. Those hybrid thinkers are the missing ingredient — and they are rare.

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Source: https://www.cio.com/article/4150722/the-state-of-ai-in-hr-big-promises-uneven-reality.html