We worry about choosing the wrong AI tool or provider.
But it's generally the most reversible decision on the list.

With an AI strategy, what sometimes arrives is a tool decision, a pilot, and a slide about data quality.

That's a good start, but you're missing some important parts.

An AI strategy that scales covers at least seven dimensions.

Four that usually go missing can be the tough ones:

• Ambition owned at CEO level and tied to the goals the board already tracks.

• An operating model that sets who approves new initiatives and who keeps the live ones running.

• Helping leaders use AI openly until it's normal across the business.

• Controls matched to the risk, not to fear.

None of the four involves buying anything. Each one is a decision, and most organisations haven't made them yet.

The wheel below is the checklist I use with clients. Save it for your next strategy session.

♻️ Repost to help a leader write a whole AI strategy.
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