"Brown said that when it comes to AI, most CEOs are like 5-year-olds playing soccer, kicking the ball every which way, going, "Okay, what do we want to do? I don't give a shit, just have a strategy." We might be in the middle of an AI wave, after all-but that doesn't mean companies are being thoughtful or strategic about how they are deploying AI. According to research from MIT, more than 95% of AI investments are not profitable."
"Real organizational transformation requires breaking things. We're burned out on buzzwords like transformation because most incremental changes are marketed as "transformations." But Brown said actual, meaningful change that can reinvent companies requires "breaking shit." "The hardest thing about a real transformation is you're going to need to break some shit. You're going to need a very serious assessment of what is working in your organization: the systems, the processes, the people," she said."
Brené Brown draws on workshop experience and her book Strong Ground to call for stronger, more strategic leadership. She warns of a collective AI panic and urges leaders to pause, think strategically, and align AI investments with business objectives, noting MIT research finding over 95% of AI investments are not profitable. She emphasizes that real organizational reinvention requires breaking entrenched systems, processes, and norms rather than rebranding incremental changes as transformation. She advocates for serious, candid assessments of systems, processes, and people and for courageous, disruptive choices to create meaningful, lasting change.
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