1️⃣ AI adoption stalls in the invisible work A two-year study found a law firm with AI sandboxes and training ended with three organization-wide solutions; a better-supported medical centre had 141.
💡 Why it matters Teams need time, technical help and credit to test, review and scale solutions. Training and tool access do not cover that work.
☕ Coffee talk Who has the time and credit to keep your AI pilot alive after the demo?
2️⃣ The board chair is not a second CEO INSEAD says the chair’s job is to shape how the board works, not to run the company. A 2018 INSEAD study interviewed 140 board stakeholders and surveyed 200 chairs.
💡 Why it matters A chair should set the agenda, make room for challenge and keep the CEO relationship clear. Taking the operating wheel weakens both roles.
☕ Coffee talk At the last board meeting, who set the terms of the debate before the CEO spoke?
3️⃣ Shared leadership still needs coordination A September study of 58 hackathon teams found that shared leadership alone did not guarantee performance. Fragmentation hurt when leaders were far apart; coordination made geography less important.
💡 Why it matters For a temporary team under time pressure, name how its leaders will coordinate and connect subgroups before the work starts.
☕ Coffee talk In your next sprint, who owns the handoff between the two clusters?