AI Transformation

Most companies aren't getting the ROI they expected from AI.

The problem isn't the technology.

I help leadership teams solve the people-and-culture challenge at the center of most AI transformations — so investments move from pilot to productivity.

74%

of companies struggle to scale AI value

— BCG 2024

91%

of data leaders say the barriers are cultural and organizational

— MIT Sloan 2025

70%

of transformations fail due to people, not tech

— McKinsey 2025

The Work

Almost every large company has adopted AI in some form.

The tools are available.
The investment is flowing.
The pilots are running.

But the gap between trying AI and making it work is enormous, and it’s not technological. It's human, and it operates on two levels:

At the top, leadership teams lack a shared, grounded understanding of what AI means for their specific business. Without that, strategy is fragmented, and direction is unclear.

In the broader organization, the challenge is deeper. Real transformation requires more than communication — it requires genuine engagement.

People need to feel the vision is worth fighting for, not just understand it intellectually. And every individual goes on a journey: from awareness to understanding to adoption to sustained daily use.

True ROI only comes when AI moves beyond pilots and into the way people actually work.

The companies pulling ahead have solved both problems. Their leaders are aligned and committed. Their people are energized, equipped, and moving.

Strategy points the way.

Technology unlocks the door.

But people have to walk through it.

This is for you if:

  • Your leadership team has different — sometimes conflicting — views on AI's role in your strategy

  • You're investing in AI and not seeing the adoption or business impact you expected

  • Leaders understand AI at a surface level, but haven't worked through what it means for your company specifically

  • You need a clear AI direction to communicate to your broader organization — but don't yet have one

  • Your culture isn't ready to absorb what your technical teams are building

What We Work On Together

Leadership alignment on AI strategy and story

1

Building genuine shared understanding among your executive team — not AI literacy in the abstract, but a clear-eyed view of how AI shapes your competitive position, your customers, and your operations. Simple, memorable, ownable, and shareable.

Strategic priorities and direction

2

Translating alignment into concrete choices: where to focus, what to pursue, what to stop, and how to sequence the work.

Leadership behaviors and culture

3

Defining how leaders need to show up differently — and the specific cultural shifts that determine whether AI investments pay off.

Cascade and organizational activation

4

Turning leadership alignment into a clear, compelling direction the broader organization can internalize and act on. This includes creatively designed programs and experiences that maximize engagement — moving people through the full journey from awareness to adoption to sustained daily use.

Outcomes You Walk Away With

  • A leadership team with a shared, grounded view of what AI means for your company — and what it demands of them.

  • A strategic direction and story they can communicate with confidence.

  • A culture and activation plan that bridges ambition and real-world adoption.