AI makes people more productive, not organizations – Elusive Enterprise AI ROI

For enterprises to get the most out of their AI investments, they should think about going deep with their AI deployments, not wide, Ashraf said. Instead of applying AI across every process in an organization, find the few instances where automating workflows with an agentic system could make the most impact.

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While 78% of leaders said they expect their employees’ jobs to change in the next year, 57% of employees said they already have.

My theory: AI ROI accrues to individuals, not organizations. A recent Software Defined Interviews guest suggested that AI can workflows productive, which seems plausible as well:

🔗 Agentic AI boosts productivity, but C-suite struggles to reap value