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The AI risk your company is underestimating
- Publication
- Harvard Business Review (United States) · subscribers only
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 6 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
Christian Catalini of MIT argues that AI makes execution cheap, which makes verification the scarce and valuable skill in organisations. In his view, the companies that succeed will become ‘verification factories’ that protect their key assets. Separately, a BCG study of more than 1,000 US employees shows that leaders' messaging about AI strongly influences its adoption across the company.
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Read the article on Harvard Business Review →Classification
- Country
- United States
- Company size
- Large companies
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- MIT (cited), BCG (study author)
- Keywords
- verification, leadership, AI adoption, company culture, execution
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Harvard Business Review. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.