Across industries, executives are pouring unprecedented capital into data platforms, analytics, and artificial intelligence. The promise is compelling. Better insight. Faster decisions. Measurable growth. Yet the outcome is often familiar and frustrating. Major AI programs underperform. Productivity gains stall. Decision quality improves on paper but not in practice. The issue is rarely the technology itself. More often, it is the system into which that technology is introduced. AI does not repair execu ...