Do you need a chief AI officer? Here's how the tech is changing boardrooms - CNBC
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Do you need a chief AI officer? Here's how the tech is changing boardrooms - CNBC
76% of companies are appointing Chief AI Officers now.
And if you're a small business owner, that statistic probably made you feel behind before you finished reading it.
Here's the thing — you're n
76% of companies are appointing Chief AI Officers now.
And if you're a small business owner, that statistic probably made you feel behind before you finished reading it.
Here's the thing — you're not behind. You're just being measured by the wrong ruler.
You already know what it feels like to pay for an AI tool that collects dust. The $200/month subscription. The hopeful rollout. The team that quietly went back to doing things the old way. That's not a failure of intelligence. That's a failure of fit.
Big companies appointing AI executives aren't solving the same problems you have. They're managing internal politics and board optics. You need one thing working by next month.
That's actually a simpler problem to solve than they have.
The insight worth taking from all this boardroom noise: AI decisions in successful companies start with a specific bottleneck, not a technology. They find the pain first, then find the tool. Most business owners are doing it backwards — buying the tool and hoping to find the pain later.
Pick one task your team does manually every week that follows a predictable pattern. Start there. One clear input, one clear output. That's where your first win lives.
What's the AI investment that didn't deliver for you — and what were you hoping it would actually fix?
Small Business · Investing · Personal Finance · Fintech · Financial Advisors ... In a recent report, IBM found that 76% of companies were appointing ...
