What It Takes To Level Up Your Org's AI Maturity
CIO, Thursday, March 19th, 2026
AI transformation practitioners Afshean Talasaz and Zar Toolan weigh in on the leadership mindset and strategic details necessary to shift from 'doing AI' to driving business impact.
Over the past 12 months I've engaged with hundreds of CIOs to understand where they are in their AI transformation journeys. Through this process, interesting patterns have emerged.
First, companies generally fall along three levels of the AI maturity curve. A small number of organizations are at the '101 level,' implementing AI copilots, seeing some adoption, and telling their board they're 'doing AI.'