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

Get stories like this every Friday.

The 5 AI stories that matter — free, in your inbox.

Free forever. No spam.