Pilots are common. Transformation is not.
Higher performers focus on a few high-value areas, make P&L owners accountable for outcomes and redesign the work end to end.
Pursuing pilots64%64 percentof CEOs say their company pursues AI pilots.
Embedding AI26%26 percentembed AI as part of broader business transformation.
Higher performers7Xroughly seven timesroughly seven times more likely to redesign workflows and reshape the business end to end with AI.
Source: Boston Consulting Group, CEOs Are Starting to See Value from AI. Now Comes Execution, 22 July 2026.
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