2025 exposed the Great AI Delusion: companies squandered funds on AI without addressing their 'Fuzzy GTM.' AI doesn’t create performance; it amplifies flaws—igniting faster failure rather than growth. To scale in 2026, leadership must shift from 'AI Theater' to a Growth Operating System rooted in Customer Truth and execution. Embrace clarity or dry up.
Your Company Bought a Luxury Gym. Your Competition Is Pounding the Pavement.
Corporate innovation is broken. It looks impressive—labs, consultants, and glossy brochures—but nobody’s actually sweating. In this provocative post, we compare today's innovation efforts to a luxury gym membership: all equipment, no results. Drawing from Jobs to Be Done, Lean Startup, and real-world experience with Fortune 500s, this article shows how to stop admiring the tools and start doing the work that actually gets your company fit to compete.
Emmanuel Obadia & Partners | Transform & Innovate 