MIT’s 2025 State of AI in Business report found that 95% of organizations are still stuck in pilot mode. But there is hope.

Sometimes the deeper you understand a system, the harder it is to stay inside it. A 2019 study by Ruthanne Huising called Moving off the Map shows how knowing too much about how an organization actually works can both empower and alienate the very people trying to change it.

AI success depends on alignment across systems, signals, and scale. It’s not about using more tools.

AI implementation is a people project, not just a tech project.