As part of the World Economic Forum working group behind – The AI-First Operating System, one finding stood out to me: 82% of decision-makers now use AI weekly, yet only 25% report that AI is having a transformative impact on their company.
The gap isn’t driven by model capability. It’s driven by organizational design. Most companies are deploying AI into existing workflows instead of redesigning how work gets done, how teams are structured, and how decisions are made.
One of the most interesting insights from the report is that 84% of organizations have not yet redesigned jobs around AI.
Three emerging team archetypes stood out:
These examples are early, but they point to a profound shift.
As intelligence becomes embedded across workflows, the differentiator shifts to talent: who is hired, how they are developed, and how organizations structure human-AI teams to drive outcomes.
The companies creating the most value are combining human judgment, creativity, and leadership with AI’s ability to scale analysis, execution, and learning.
Technology creates the opportunity. Organizational design determines who captures it.
I was pleased to contribute to the World Economic Forum and Kearney‘s new report exploring what it takes to become truly AI-first.
