The AI-driven company: local AI-first

In the first two steps of our maturity model, we’ve discussed the individual use of AI and the AI-driven automation of individual process steps. It’s in the third step, which we’ve dubbed “local AI-first,” where things become more disruptive. Here, rather than applying AI as a bolt-on automation tool, we adopt a zero-based design approach, … Read more

The AI-driven company: a maturity model

After discussing the challenges that companies seeking to become AI-driven experience, the aim for the second part of this series is to explore how companies evolve through the stages of transitioning from operating traditionally to becoming fully AI-driven. The best way to present our findings is in the form of maturity models, where we identify … Read more

The AI-driven company: challenges

Both the proponents and questioning antagonists around artificial intelligence are expounding on the outrageous capabilities of modern AI solutions such as LLMs, foundation models and agentic AI. And yet, when interviewing key business leaders and observing the companies I work with, I must say that the adoption of AI is slow going and far from … Read more

10 outdated distinctions: conclusion

One of the facts of human cognition that never ceases to amaze me is that we seem to ignore more than 99.9 percent of all information that reaches us through our senses. Consciously, that is, as at least some of it is used by the unconscious parts of our brain. This means that our brain … Read more