AI Adoption Requires Operational Evolution, Not Just Software Deployment
By
Tim Hughes
Summary
The article argues that simply rolling out enterprise AI licenses to employees does not automatically improve business performance. Drawing a parallel to the CRM adoption struggles of the 1990s, the author contends that AI adoption requires a fundamental operational evolution—changing workflows, processes, and culture—rather than being treated as a simple IT deployment. The piece emphasizes that without rethinking how work gets done, access to AI tools alone will not move the bottom line.
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When CRM first arrived on the scene, companies rushed to buy it because they were told it was the 'future.' But most of them treated it like an administrative database, a digital filing cabinet for the suits in the boardroom.
The hunters in the field hated it because it didn't change how they...
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