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AI adoption fails on mandates

fastcompany.com · 22h · first reportShare

Leaders around the country are mandating AI amidst efficiency promises and required training. Programs roll out and employees nod, complete the requirements, and quietly go back to the way they’ve always worked. Here’s the problem with mandates: they don’t work on fear and, for most people, AI is frightening. It’s moving fast, it’s everywhere, and it feels like it’s coming for the thing your employees are best at. You can’t mandate your way past that. You can’t efficiency your way past it either. You need a new playbook. Strong adoption comes from desire Here’s what separates organizations getting AI adoption right: they understand that AI spreads the same way brands do. Strong adoption doesn’t come from mandates; it comes from desire. From someone you respect make something look possible, valuable, and worth wanting. Not for the organization, but for you. That’s how the iPhone’s popularity spread, and that’s how real change sticks. Here are three ways companies can build desire instea