TL;DRMcKinsey finds 92% of companies plan to increase AI spending, but only 1% describe themselves as mature. kboodl founder Rebekah Kirkwood argues the gap is not technology but unoptimized workflows: repetitive formatting, manual document recreation, and systems that consume employee time instead of saving it. She estimates employees lose at least five hours weekly to these inefficiencies, around $13,000 per user per year. Her pitch: optimize what you already own before adding more tools.
Businesses have accelerated investment in artificial intelligence and digital transformation, with McKinsey research finding that 92% of companies plan to increase their AI investments over the next three years. Yet despite this momentum, only 1% of leaders describe their organizations as mature in AI deployment, revealing a significant gap between acquiring new technology and integrating it effectively into everyday work.
The global push toward digital transformation has created unprecedented access to powerful workplace tools, but access alone has not guaranteed better outcomes. Research on AI transformation projects published by the Business Process Management Journal has found that artificial intelligence can improve firm performance and drive process innovation, but the value of these technologies depends on how effectively organizations integrate critical capabilities such as data, talent, field expertise, and scalable infrastructure into their operations.
