AI capability is about more than buying technology or hiring technical specialists. If you are struggling to move AI from pilots into the business, examine leadership, ownership, funding, governance and the decisions that sit between your executives.

Can your CIO take responsibility for enterprise AI, or does the organisation need a different leadership model? Assess the CIO’s capability, authority, capacity and the team around them before creating another executive role.

AI and data leaders need more than individual capability to deliver. Authority, sponsorship, resources, governance and organisational design all shape what they can achieve.

Boards do not need to run AI and technology programmes, but they do need to make the decisions that determine whether those programmes can succeed. This article looks at the board's role in accountability, investment, risk, operating models and leadership capability.