1、How AI LeadersAre Taking FlightA field guide to their practices,strategies,and culturesM.C.Eschers“Sky and Water I 2025 The M.C.Escher Company-The Netherlands.All rights ContentsExecutive Summary 3The Four Characteristics Of AI Leaders 5They deploy AI swiftly andbroadly,with an ROI-first discipline

2、6They transform ratherthan tweak 10They seize opportunities in uncertain times 13They turn their employees into forcemultipliers 16Methodology AndSources 19Acknowledgements 20About The Art 21 2How AI Leaders Are Taking FlightExecutive SummaryTheres overwhelming consensus among business leaders and p

3、olicymakers that artificial intelligence(AI)will reshape the nature of work,decision-making,and competitive advantage for decades to come.The only element they dont agree on is how.Two and a half years after ChatGPT broke into the mainstream,AI is developing faster than most organizations can intern

4、alize.But while many are sitting back and waiting for more clarity,a vanguard of AI leaders is forging ahead.These companies paths are different,but together they are providing some valuable early lessons.These patterns emerged from our latest survey of CEOs of New York Stock Exchange-listed compani

5、es,as well as four years worth ofemployee and consumer data and dozens ofexecutive and expert conversations.We found that a sizable cohort of companies 17%of firms with revenue of$1 billion or more reported revenue or cost improvement of more than 10%from AI initiatives.Leaders spanned technology an

6、d non-tech industries and multiple continents,with a separate Oliver Wyman Forum survey of 67 CEOs in Europe finding 16%of companies are leaders.Whats their secret?They share four distinguishing traits.They deploy AI swiftly and broadly,withan ROI-first discipline.Leading companieshave moved beyond