The Executive's Guide to Enterprise AI: Reading the Organizational Climate
Something fundamental has changed in how enterprise AI decisions get made. In recent months, conversations with C-suite leaders reveal a striking pattern: they're no longer delegating AI strategy to their technology teams. The data support this observation—chief executives now drive more AI-related decisions than their technical counterparts. This shift signals a critical evolution: artificial intelligence has transcended its origins as a technology initiative to become a core leadership imperative. Yet this transition presents unique challenges. Traditional business metrics often fail to capture the subtle indicators that matter most at the executive level—organizational tension, cross-functional friction, and decision-making velocity changes. These signals manifest as organizational "feel" long before they appear in quarterly reports. This reality led us to reconceptualize AI transformation through a different lens entirely: organizational climate patterns. Just as met...