WHY NON-TECH CEOs FAIL AT AI

Why Non-Tech CEO's Fail at AI.

In a study conducted by Weber Shandwick, 87% of CEOs don’t feel confident in their ability to lead an AI transformation.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 think. New research from Wharton Professor, Dr. Katy Milkman suggests a surprising, hidden barrier to AI adoption by CEOs that could leave them less confident in their abilities.CEOs are the highest status people in their organization.

Research from Dr. Milkman suggests:

✅ People in high-status positions face high external expectations.

✅ They’re more easily embarrassed by poor performance

✅ They're surprisingly less likely than the rest of us to persist at tasks they don’t believe they can succeed in.

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿.

If high status is your barrier, how do you overcome it? There’s a mountain of science on behavior change, and here's what it suggests:

✅ In order to change, we have to believe we can change.

✅ Starting small gives us the confidence to start.

✅ Starting small gives us the ability to repeat, creating a streak we don’t want to break.

What does that mean for CEOs? Start even smaller. Milkman’s research suggests 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁.𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆.

✅ Download ChatGPT tonight.

✅ Spend 10 minutes with it on your morning commute

✅ Ask it to analyze your next big decision from your most challenging board member's perspective. Describe the board member in your prompt.

Be surprised at the insights you hadn't considered.

𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆

Unlike most skills, AI delivers greater returns with both expertise and repetition - it's a force multiplier for CEOs.

But 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁. Email

me if you want to explore how to increase AI adoption at your organization or at your customer’s.