https://mansoor.io/leadership/Recent content in Leadership on MansoorHugoen-usMon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mansoor.io/leadership/how-to-run-an-ai-initiative/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mansoor.io/leadership/how-to-run-an-ai-initiative/<p>Most enterprise AI initiatives stall not because the technology doesn&rsquo;t work, but because of how they&rsquo;re run.</p> <h2 id="start-with-the-problem-not-the-technology">Start with the problem, not the technology</h2> <p>The most common failure mode is a team that has decided to &ldquo;do AI&rdquo; before they&rsquo;ve identified a specific problem worth solving. They run workshops, evaluate vendors, and build proofs-of-concept — but without a clear, measurable outcome to optimize for, nothing ships.</p> <p>The discipline is forcing the question early: what is the specific decision or task we&rsquo;re trying to improve, how do we currently measure it, and what would success look like in six months?</p>