“We Need AI” Is Not a Strategy—Here’s What Is | Success Alikadhem
“We Need AI” Is Not a Strategy—Here’s What Is | Success Alikadhem “We Need AI” Is Not a Strategy—Here’s What Is In boardrooms across the UK, a familiar refrain echoes: “We need AI.” But here’s the uncomfortable truth: that’s not a strategy—it’s a wish. A real strategy starts not with a technology, but with a problem. As one seasoned retail executive recently told me: “We don’t need AI. We need to make inventory forecasting 40% more accurate.” That’s the difference between buzzword bingo and business transformation. UK businesses that are succeeding with AI aren’t chasing shiny objects. They’re identifying specific decisions that, if improved, would unlock disproportionate value. And more often than not, those decisions revolve around what I call your strategic bottleneck . What Is a Strategic Bottleneck? A strategic bottleneck isn’t just any operational hurdle—it’s the one constraint that, if removed or optimized, would dramatically ...