AI and the CIO: From Chief Information Officer to Chief Intelligence Officer - I by IMD

Your AI tool is collecting dust. And it's not your fault. You bought it with good intentions. The demo looked great. The consultant was confident. Then your team quietly went back to doing things the

Your AI tool is collecting dust. And it's not your fault.

You bought it with good intentions. The demo looked great. The consultant was confident. Then your team quietly went back to doing things the old way — and $200/month became a quiet monthly reminder that something went wrong.

Here's what nobody tells you: even large companies with full IT departments are still figuring this out. A recent piece from IMD Business School made something clear — the smartest organizations aren't asking "which AI tool should we buy?" They're asking "which specific problem do we need to solve first?"

That's the real shift. AI doesn't fail because the technology is bad. It fails because the problem wasn't defined before the purchase happened. One focused use case beats five half-used tools every time.

You don't need to overhaul anything. You need one process in your business that eats time, happens repeatedly, and has a predictable output. That's your starting point. Fix that one thing with AI, measure the result in 30 days, then move to the next.

Small, visible wins build team confidence. And team confidence is what actually makes AI stick.

What's the one repetitive task in your business that you wish you could hand off tomorrow?

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