Three AI principles every exec leader needs to understand

It’s no longer defensible for CEOs and boards to outsource understanding AI to their technology execs. I partnered with CxAI on a post about the three key principles that will enable execs to build that understanding. The post is below. This week, we’re shifting gears. Not to what AI can do for consumers and businesses, but to a more uncomfortable question: as an executive or board member, are you asking the right questions about AI? Executives are approving budgets, signing vendor contracts, and sitting through AI strategy briefings. Yet in the UK, only 9% of businesses have actually adopted AI in any meaningful way (see our last post for details). And according to Deloitte, 66% of boards have little to no knowledge of the technology they are asked to fund. There’s a gap between sponsoring AI and understanding it and that gap can be expensive. Before strategy, before tooling, before any budget is spent, there’s one skill that separates executives who lead AI initiatives from those…