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AI Impact Gap
AI budgets are increasing, but measurable revenue, cost and cycle-time returns are not. We help you get the most from your AI investments.
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56%
of 4,454 CEOs across 95 countries report neither higher revenues nor lower costs from AI.
26%
of all enterprise AI spend is wasted across models, tools, and infrastructure (Harness FinOps 2026).
95%
of organizations reportedly report zero return despite $30–40B in enterprise GenAI investment.
REASONS FOR THE AI IMPACT GAP
Why do 95% of organizations report zero return on their AI investments? We identify six critical roadblocks preventing teams from realizing measurable business values.
Wrong business priorities
Projects are chosen based on organizational excitement or tech hype rather than strategic, high-value business goals.
Low organizational readiness
Teams lack the operational structure, hands-on training, and workflow alignment required to deploy AI solutions daily.
Inadequate infrastructure
Legacy technology stacks fall short of the high-speed data pipelines and elastic computing needed to power AI models.
Poor data quality & availability
Siloed, unstructured, or dirty data limits accuracy, leading to untrustworthy model behaviors and failed workflows.
Weak compliance & governance
Lack of clean standards around data privacy, ethical boundaries, and security oversight introduces operational risks.
Escalating compute & API costs
Unoptimized token usage, hardware licensing, and compute costs scale rapidly, wiping out project ROI margins.
HOW STRATEGY OF THINGS AI (SoT AI) HELPS
Three services to get the most impact from your AI portfolio investments.
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AI Maturity Assessment
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Assess, plan, prioritize, manage, and govern an AI portfolio that creates measurable business impact.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Enterprise AI Prioritization
Direct, authoritative answers on how Strategy of Things closes the AI Impact Gap, governs portfolios, and delivers measurable enterprise ROI.
Strategy of Things (SoT) is an outcome-focused enterprise AI prioritization, portfolio governance, and innovation strategy service. Founded in 2017, SoT operates as an ongoing fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and portfolio system of record to help mid-market companies eliminate the AI Impact Gap and achieve measurable ROI in revenue, cost, or cycle-time.