The Architecture Decisions Only CFOs Can Make | Bain & Company
PushButton AI Team ·
The Architecture Decisions Only CFOs Can Make | Bain & Company
Your AI tool is collecting dust. And you're quietly wondering if you're the problem.
You're not.
Most AI failures aren't people failures. They're decision failures — specifically, nobody decided upf
Your AI tool is collecting dust. And you're quietly wondering if you're the problem.
You're not.
Most AI failures aren't people failures. They're decision failures — specifically, nobody decided upfront what data the tool could touch, who owns the outcomes, and what "working" actually looks like. That's not a tech question. That's a business question.
Bain published research recently aimed at CFOs, but the real insight applies to every business owner making AI decisions right now. The companies getting ROI from AI aren't the ones with the fanciest tools. They're the ones who set the rules before they spent the money.
What does that mean practically? Before you evaluate any AI tool, answer three things first: What single business problem am I solving? What data does it need access to? And how will I measure success in 30 days?
That's it. One problem. One measurement. Thirty days.
You don't need to rebuild anything. You don't need a consultant. You just need a defined starting point — and that decision belongs to you, not a vendor.
What's the one business problem you'd most want AI to solve if you knew it would actually work?
