Companies Must Restructure Operations And Empower Middle Management To Successfully Implement AI At Scale
CIO, Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
If We Want to Implement AI Successfully, We Need to Completely Change How We Do Business
The author argues that successful AI adoption requires fundamental business transformation, not simply bolting AI onto existing workflows.
Organizations should establish centers of excellence empowered to vet, test, and validate AI tools across the company, preventing AI sprawl and shadow AI usage.
Drawing parallels to the delayed productivity gains from electricity adoption, the piece contends that general-purpose technologies require organizational restructuring.
Companies that succeed will give middle-level teams authority to experiment with and implement AI solutions, creating a working rhythm for adoption rather than leaving it to scattered pilots or executive guesswork.