Moving AI From Demo To Dependable Operations Takes Judgment About Risk, Process Readiness, And Organizational Capacity
CIO, Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
From AI Pilots to Production: Preparing the Enterprise
The article explores the challenges of transitioning AI from promising pilots to production systems that businesses can depend on. While technical capability matters, success requires addressing process ambiguity, change management, data quality, and security considerations.
Organizations must balance speed with risk management and recognize that the distance between an interesting use case and a production capability involves data, testing, integration, and adoption work.
The focus should shift from asking what organizations are doing with AI to whether they can reliably depend on it at scale.