Outthinker Challenge Forum: Overcoming Top Leadership's Resistance to AI Adoption

​Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace. AI innovation is being driven by start-ups and not just incumbent technology providers like Microsoft and Google. A McKinsey study found that while most organizations are highly interested in AI, the biggest barrier to adoption has been that senior corporate leaders have not prioritized acting on AI (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/superagency-in-th[…]place-empowering-people-to-unlock-ais-full-potential-at-work)

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​Our challenge is to address the following questions:

• ​How should corporations make decisions about AI when the c-suite and board of directors may be disconnected from the most important business implications of this rapidly changing and disruptive technology? 

• ​How can leadership stay informed about the potential business impact of AI when decisions are often being delegated to the IT department? 

• ​How do we make the case to senior executives to evaluate AI to solve business problems facing the corporation, and not as "technology for technology's sake"? 

• ​How can corporate venturing (external innovation tools including venture capital investing) support decision-making and implementation as it relates to AI?