A recent Financial Times analysis of S&P 500 filings found that 374 companies mentioned AI on their earnings calls last year�and nearly nine out of 10 described it in glowing terms. When pressed to explain the upside, however, most leaders fell back on vague promises of still unrealized �productivity gains.� Not only that, their annual reports were far clearer about risks than tangible benefits. Why? As one of us found in a project involving more than 300 board directors, not only are AI pilots not sure to deliver, but employees, fearful of AI, don�t take advantage of its potential, and AI projects don�t address the way organizations work and add value.