Most companies still expect AI adoption to be led by IT.
But in practice, the most effective AI pilots aren’t coming from the top of the tech stack – they’re coming from the middle of the business.
- From a finance lead who’s tired of month-end bottlenecks.
- From an ops manager drowning in manual triage.
- From an HR team testing AI-generated interview notes.
And increasingly, the CTO’s role is shifting – from gatekeeper to enabler. From managing infrastructure to helping the rest of the business move fast, safely.
In this new piece, I share what we’ve learned at Brim from teams who’ve done this well:
How the best AI initiatives actually get started
Why business teams should lead (with IT’s support, not permission)
What makes adoption stick, and how to build the right culture around it
If you’re leading a function inside a mid-sized company — and wondering whether you should be driving AI forward — the answer is yes.
You already can.
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