Smart Tool, Worse Results
Unexpected downside when consultants overtrust smart algorithms
Aug 5, 2026 · 5 min · 8 segments
This episode explores the gap between **technical access to generative AI** and the actual realisation of **organisational value**. It argues that **licensing software** is merely the first step in a…
What's fascinating here is how the sources actually outline this as an adoption funnel.
So at the very top, you have mere access.
And then that eventually filters down to adoption.
And at the very bottom, you know, you hopefully hit value.
Wow.
88 percent.
Yeah, it's huge.
Yet only 39 percent report any enterprise level financial impact.
So the vast majority of companies are just, well, they're sculled out at the top of that funnel.
What's fascinating here is how the sources actually outline this as an adoption funnel.
So at the very top, you have mere access.
And then that eventually filters down to adoption.
And at the very bottom, you know, you hopefully hit value.
Wow.
88 percent.
Yeah, it's huge.
Yet only 39 percent report any enterprise level financial impact.
So the vast majority of companies are just, well, they're sculled out at the top of that funnel.
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