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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.