Leaders are in for a $644B reality check

🥂Too many leaders are drunk on "agentic AI" promises. Employees are nursing the hangover.

96% of C-suite leaders expect AI to boost productivity. Meanwhile, 75% of workers using AI tools report they actually _decrease_ productivity and pile on more work.

That's not a typo.
That's a $644 billion reality check.

Here's the brutal truth:
The tech isn't broken.
The implementation is.

Gartner predicts 40% of agentic AI projects will crash and burn by 2027. Not because AI can't work—but because of "escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls."

Translation:
Companies are buying tools,
not building systems.

83% of marketers haven't even started building autonomous workflows.
They're expecting plug-and-play magic from technology that requires rebuilding how work gets done.

It’s like buying a Formula 1 car for your daily commute.
Incredible machine. Wrong infrastructure.

The companies seeing real results?
They're not just buying shinier software.
They're gutting old processes, redesigning workflows, and teaching teams to dance with AI rather than fight against it.

Smart leaders get this isn't about finding the perfect tool:
→ Chatbots work when you redesign customer service flows (not just bolt them onto broken processes)
→ Content generation shines when you build systematic A/B testing workflows
→ Data analysis delivers when you restructure how decisions actually get made

The winners aren't the companies with the flashiest AI demos.
They're the ones rebuilding workflows around what AI actually does well today.