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70%
of GenAI pilots never reach production.
Here’s what the other 30% do differently.
Swipe
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01
They pick a boring problem.
Claims triage, not “transform the business”.
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02 · FIX THE DATA FIRST
Pilots that reached production had one thing in common.
A named owner for the data71%
Share of pilots that reached production · 64 programs
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03
They name a business owner.
IT runs the pilot. Someone in the business owns the result.
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04 · MEASURE IN WEEKS
If it can’t show value in 90 days, it won’t.
WK 3–10
Live with real users
Day 90: scale or stop
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05
They change the workflow.
A new model in the old process is just another tab.
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PRPriya Raman
Head of Data & AI, Northwind