Publicis Sapient CEO: Enterprise AI adoption is like bringing electricity to the outside of an old factory
iamrobotbear · x · 2026-09-18
Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz compares current enterprise AI adoption to bringing electricity to the outside of the historic Sunlight Soap factory in the UK: workers would have no idea what to do with the cable.
Key points:
- Most companies "own" AI technology without wiring it into actual workflows and processes
- The real question is the application layer: where do we still need humans, and where does AI fit in the context of the machines?
- He argues the industry isn't discussing the application layer nearly enough
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