Change this NOW or you’ll regret it in 3 years

Fewer than one in four companies have redesigned their workflows to capture value from AI. Stephen Wunker, Managing Director at New Markets Advisors, has advised Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Meta through AI transformation challenges that go far beyond technology adoption. The discussion covers his “octopus organization” framework for distributing intelligence across teams, the three diagnostic questions that reveal AI readiness (what humans won’t, shouldn’t, and can’t do), and why successful AI implementation requires cross-functional champions rather than traditional project management approaches.