In the digital world, data is no longer a by-product of business systems, it’s a core generator of business value creation

One of the major changes that came out of the Covid-19 pandemic was the increasing trust gap between individuals and institutions. Whether it was employees at Starbucks, Google, Twitter, and Amazon challenging the legitimacy of their companies’ business motives or an increasing lack of faith in critical institutions like the CDC and the Supreme Court the bonds of trust were frayed if not broken.

In the digital world, building a culture of trust is now mission critical

One of the major changes that came out of the Covid-19 pandemic was the increasing trust gap between individuals and institutions. Whether it was employees at Starbucks, Google, Twitter, and Amazon challenging the legitimacy of their companies’ business motives or an increasing lack of faith in critical institutions like the CDC and the Supreme Court the bonds of trust were frayed if not broken.

In the digital world, AI is not a cost it’s a strategic capital investment

According to a recent survey from SaaS benchmarking firm Benchmarkit and cost governance platform Mavvrik, 85% of organizations misestimate their AI cost by more than 10% and nearly a quarter miss by more than 50%. Many of these cost overruns come from hidden layers beneath the cost of the AI model including data preparation, security, integration, and governance.

In the digital world, protecting your company from AI, GenAI & Agentic AI cyber-security threats is a whole new ballgame

The rapid development and proliferation of multiple AI, GenAI & Agentic AI technologies have exponentially expanded the security threat surfaces for companies of all sizes across all industries.

In the digital world, leveraging AI to increase business valuation is the new strategic imperative

Over the last three years, companies of all sizes and across all industries have invested billions of dollars in AI, Gen AI, and Agentic AI with little or no ROI and modest (if any) positive impact on creating increased business valuation.

In the digital world, the speed of AI innovation is far exceeding the speed of its successful adoption

In five days, we will reach the third anniversary of the launch of ChatGPT. During that time, there has been an explosion of innovative new AI products, services, and solutions that have far outstripped successful employee and end-user adoption and utilization. The following data documents the gap between the level of innovation and adoption

In the digital world, getting your board on board with AI adoption is a strategic imperative

To successfully adopt and deploy AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI requires starting at the top with the CEO and Board agreeing on the right digital strategy for the company and a game plan to implement it. That is virtually impossible to do if most board members are not digitally savvy.

In the digital world, business value creation is defined by long-term power not short-term performance

In a time of unprecedented change, uncertainty, and disruption, there is a strong tendency for senior leadership teams to focus solely on short term challenges and issues rather than longer term business value creation opportunities. The big “aha” moment comes for senior leaders when they realize that short term performance consumes long term growth. This means that if the company continues to overweight investments in current businesses to deliver short-term performance, it will eventually liquidate the company’s long-term power to grow.

In the digital world, “why” comes before “how” in AI

Too many companies’ GenAI & Agentic AI projects are driven by a fear of missing out (FOMO) and being left behind by their competitors who are adopting and deploying it in their markets. As I wrote in my January blog ( insert link ) fire-aim-ready is not a winning strategy for AI.

In the digital world, AI is driving the democratization of innovation

AI could potentially add $13 trillion to global economic activity by 2030, representing a 16% increase in cumulative GDP, according to Prysmian.