Free Lesson
What Gartner and McKinsey Actually Say About Why AI Fails
Part of The Five Dysfuntions of AI Transformation
30 min
Nov 2, 2026 2:00 PM
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What you'll learn
See the One Disease Behind Four Findings
Map Gartner's scaling and data findings, McKinsey's misalignment, and ROI Institute lock-in to one dysfunction.
Diagnose Root Cause, Not Symptom
Ask 'why did the organization allow this?' instead of 'why did the model fail?' — and reach the intervention layer.
Use Analyst Research to Make the Internal Case
Borrow the credibility of Gartner, McKinsey, and the ROI Institute to fund organizational interventions.
Why this topic matters
The whole pyramid is confirmed by the industry's best research. Gartner's scaling and data failures, McKinsey's misalignment, the ROI Institute's exodus — four symptoms of one disease. The model forces the question that matters: why did the organization allow a capability to exist without an owner? You learn to read it as a diagnostic mirror — and as ammunition for the case that AI transformation is an organizational program, not an IT line.
