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Why shadow AI could be the secret to fixing your company's failing AI projects


Most enterprise AI pilots fail due to flawed short-term strategies focused on cost-cutting. Here's how business leaders can build AI readiness and long-term value.

Yet despite billions in investment and relentless hype, recent independent studies show that most enterprises struggle to turn pilots into measurable business outcomes. They're small, tactical applications: drafting emails, summarizing documents, generating code snippets, preparing presentations, or analyzing customer feedback. Start with tasks, not roles: Use AI to reduce customer effort or cycle time, then redeploy saved capacity to higher-value work.

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