Leaders chase shiny tools without strategy

You can usually tell when a team is about to waste six months by the first sentence in the kickoff. It sounds like this: we want to do something with AI. Not because AI is bad. Because that sentence is an absence of ownership. It is the signal that nobody has named the business problem, nobody has committed to a measurable outcome, and nobody is willing to be accountable when the pilot delivers a nice demo and zero impact. The traditional response to technology opportunity is reactive...