The slow death of the enterprise: AI adoption needs org redesign, not bolt-on tools
alex_verem · x · 2026-09-25
Mark de Haym's essay argues AI won't kill your company in a quarter but 'one quarter at a time', echoing Hemingway's 'gradually, then suddenly'. Girdley adds the electricity analogy: factories installed power but kept steam-era layouts until they rearranged everything. The upshot: ask leaders what they'd arrange differently now that AI exists — structure, not tooling, determines gains.
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