Don't chase AI usage. What has to be true for AI enablement to work?

Some organizations are starting to track AI tool use and in some cases even treat it as a performance lever (e.g., “use AI to be promotable”). That move is tempting because it’s measurable. It’s also a trap. It creates compliance behavior, not capability. It drives activity, not outcomes.

This session is a practical, leadership-oriented reset. We’ll focus on the non-technical conditions that must be true for AI to create measurable value: clarity of expectations, redesigned workflows, psychological safety, governance that enables (not blocks), and incentives that reward outcomes, not tool clicks.
We’ll cover:
Why “AI usage as leverage” backfires
The real maturity curve
What has to be true for value
How to measure what matters

This is not a session about the latest AI features. It’s about the human and org system around them.

Audience: Leaders, transformation teams, enablement/change leaders, and anyone accountable for turning AI investment into real business impact