Best of 2025: Beyond The Hype: How To Set Up Your AI Project For Real Success
IT-Techstrong.ai, Thursday, January 1st, 2026
Today, AI is the golden ticket to productivity gains and competitive advantage. From automating repetitive tasks to unearthing insights hidden in oceans of data, AI seems to promise it all.
But reality tells a different story. Many AI initiatives are struggling to gain traction, while others have launched only to crash and burn. Why? The short answer is this: Companies either don't know the risks, or they underestimate them.
This year, IBM published a piece and the title says it all: 'Data Suggests Growth in Enterprise Adoption of AI is Due to Widespread Deployment by Early Adopters, But Barriers Keep 40% in the Exploration and Experimentation Phases.' Don't kill the messenger - I am seeing it everywhere I go.