May 22, 2025via One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick)
Making AI Work: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd
Why it matters
Companies are failing at AI adoption not because of technology limitations, but because they lack the proper organizational framework combining top-down leadership, dedicated experimentation labs, and grassroots employee engagement.
Key signals
- Three-pillar framework: Leadership, Lab, and Crowd
- Organizational structure as key success factor for AI deployment
- Focus on internal adoption methodology rather than tool selection
The hook
Everyone is focused on buying AI tools. Nobody is talking about the organizational structure that makes them actually work.
A formula for AI in companies
Relevance score:75/100