The AI Reckoning Every CIO Saw Coming and Still Wasn’t Prepared to Handle

Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't failing — how we're managing it is. The winners treat AI like a business tool, not a free-for-all.

Earlier this year, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) released survey results from more than 6,000 U.S. leaders showing that while AI adoption is widespread at 69 percent, we are seeing little to no impact on productivity. Anecdotally, we have seen leaders from top companies echo that refrain.

It's the reckoning many CIOs, CTOs and COOs are navigating as we enter the last half of 2026 The most humbling part is knowing it's a management problem we created by treating AI like it was exempt from the rules we apply to every other enterprise tool.

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