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Level 0 of 5

Stuck-point

No Adoption.

AI is available. Behavior does not change.

Section 01

Description

Tools are licensed and deployed. Usage data is flat. The dominant pattern is avoidance dressed as caution: meetings about AI, no decisions made with AI. The status quo wins by default because no leader has named what changes if it doesn't.

Section 02

Signals

How to recognize this level on the ground.

  • 01Usage telemetry concentrated in a handful of early adopters
  • 02Pilots that never graduate to default workflows
  • 03Governance committees that meet but do not decide
  • 04Public talking points decoupled from internal behavior

Section 03

Unsticking

The leadership move that unsticks Level 0: Driving AI Adoption.

Driving AI Adoption — the leader's job is to surface and resolve the real reasons people resist, and to name what gets adopted toward.

Human Layer

Surface and resolve the real reasons people resist.

AI Layer

Understand what is actually worth pushing the team toward.