Leadership, Culture and
AI Transformation

As organisations rush to embed AI, often because everyone else seems to be doing the same thing and sometimes before proper audits are completed, one question few leaders are asking is this: given the current current AI pricing models are unsustainable, what happens when the AI “happy hour” subsidies come to an end and we all have to start paying market price for AI usage?

It’s no secret that AI’s consumption of water, energy, and land, is raising serious concerns in many quarters with some questioning whether we really need to use vast LLMs trained on vast, often “polluted” datasets, to perform relatively simple tasks.

For senior leaders, the challenge is clear: trust is the missing ingredient in AI adoption. The organisations that will thrive are those embedding Transparency, Explainability, and Accountability into their AI strategies

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