The execution smartwatch

The gap between strategy and execution is a well-established problem, and with the pace of change accelerating with the emergence of AI, the cost of poor execution is rising.

This whitepaper explores the intersection of AI and strategy execution. Drawing on two years of experimentation, it looks at what the technology can do today (and where it still falls short), outlines a vision we call ‘the execution smartwatch’, and discusses the implications for the key roles involved in strategy execution.

We share what we have learned from experimentation, including the five conditions that must hold true, the challenges we have overcome, and how we how we build AI-augmented solutions to improve strategy execution.