Most CEOs and growth leaders may have come across this quote before: ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’. Whether you attribute it to Peter Drucker or Mark Fields, that’s a conversation for another time.

For now, let’s look at a simple definition we at Meres Consult give each time someone asks ‘What is culture?’ Our reply: ’Culture is how we do things around here!’

The ‘Not Yet Ready’ AI Strategy Gap

In the world of AI, most businesses and organisations don’t have an AI strategy yet. Others are thinking about it while they’ve already launched into full throttle experimentation and pilots.

Well, let’s turn to those who have an AI strategy. A lot of AI strategy work right now amounts to a sophisticated-sounding document that doesn’t translate into changed ways of working (the shifting culture).

So, as a CEO or senior leader in sales, marketing or CX, where might your business be on the AI strategy journey?

The Sitting Duck AI Strategy Gap

Some have built ‘the deck’, ran the workshops, even created the aligned roadmap.

We’ve also come across many instances where the said slide deck sits in a shared drive while the business carries on largely as before, perhaps with one or two new tools that individuals use in isolation. Literally a #sittingduck 😊

Real AI Adoption

Real AI adoption looks different. It is embedded into how your sales team prepares for calls. It is present in how your marketing team produces and distributes content. It is built into how your customer service team handles volume and escalation. It compounds over time because it becomes part of the operating model, rather than an add-on.

The gap between strategy and this kind of embedded, operational AI is where most organisations are currently sitting. And closing that gap requires something most advisory and consulting relationships do not provide: ownership of execution.

How We at Meres Consult Fulfil the AI Strategy Gaps

The end to end service from strategy through to ownership of execution (with you and your teams) is where we play and shine best. A gap that we continue to fulfil for growth-stage businesses and organisations; in a way that leads to real measurable commercial results and impact.

Is this a conversation worth having regardless of where you are on the AI strategy journey? We think so too!

You can start for taking the Meres AI Maturity Assessment and requesting a conversation. Meres Consult is an award-winning business growth and AI adoption consultancy working with CEOs, founders and senior leaders in growth-focused businesses and organisations. If this piece resonates, an initial conversation costs nothing: meresconsult.com Follow us: LinkedIn