From Pilot to Production: Getting AI Transformation Unstuck
Techstrong.ai, Monday, October 26th, 2026
A Softchoice architect explains why enterprise AI stalls between pilot and production and outlines a maturity path to an AI-native enterprise.
In this sponsored Techstrong.ai piece, Softchoice's Chris Pollock argues enterprise AI is stalled by how organizations adopt it, not by the technology.
He identifies five stall patterns: pilot purgatory, gaps in data and infrastructure foundations, rising inference costs, security concerns that gate deployment, and treating AI as a tool rollout instead of redesigning workflows.
He describes a four-stage maturity model and says the key leap is from making existing processes faster to redesigning core workflows, which requires CEO-sponsored change.
The article draws on WWT's own AI adoption lessons and promotes Softchoice and WWT services, including WWT's AI Proving Ground lab.