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AI is redefining operating models. CFOs can lead the transformation
On a recent afternoon in downtown Boston, we sat around a cluster of tables with fellow CFOs and other business leaders. The topic for discussion? How AI is transforming the finance function and enterprises at large. It’s not a novel topic. Business leaders have (or should be having) these conversations regularly. But after an hour of chatting, two novel themes emerged. Lessons many of us had been mulling, but hadn’t fully articulated.
Why the Rise of Model Routing Is a Bet Against Permanence
Why the Rise of Model Routing Is a Bet Against Permanence By Neil Dhar | Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting August 31, 2026 Recently, Stripe agreed to acquire OpenRouter at a reported $8 billion. Just last week Nvidia reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the open-source AI model hub, for $12.9 billion. Different headlines, but they reflect the same broader shift.
AI changed what work looks like. Now the operating model must follow
Over the past few years, organizations have begun aggressively driving AI adoption across their workforces, expanding access to tools, encouraging experimentation, and, in some cases, mandating use. However, redesigning operating models, ways of working, and the leadership needed to guide this shift has lagged behind the demands of this new era. That gap is becoming the new fault line in the next phase of AI. Across industries, leaders are discovering that deployment alone won’t deliver results.
AI changed what work looks like. Now the operating model must follow
Latin America 6 hours ago Which Countries Produce the Most Food in the World? Visual Capitalist - Dorothy Neufeld • 6h Ranked: The World’s Largest Agricultural Economies Global agriculture generated $5.2 trillion in production value in 2024, making it one of the … Artificial Intelligence 1 hour ago Anthropic Says the House Is on Fire.
Why the AI Boom Is Running Into a Cost Reckoning
Recently, Uber's COO said AI costs are getting "harder to justify." Microsoft canceled most of its Claude Code licenses, citing spend. And according to Axios, one organization burned through half a billion dollars in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee AI licenses. By Neil Dhar | Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting There's a term for the pattern that drove these situations: tokenmaxxing. The organizational push to use as much AI as possible, as fast as possible.
Why the AI Boom Is Running Into a Cost Reckoning
Why the AI Boom Is Running Into a Cost Reckoning By Neil Dhar | Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting June 10, 2026 Recently, Uber's COO said AI costs are getting "harder to justify." Microsoft canceled most of its Claude Code licenses, citing spend. And according to Axios, one organization burned through half a billion dollars in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee AI licenses. There's a term for the pattern that drove these situations: tokenmaxxing.
Clarity Is the New Source of Power in AI. Who Is Creating It?
Clarity Is the New Source of Power in AI. Who Is Creating It? By Neil Dhar | Senior Vice President, Americas Consulting March 23, 2026 AI is not just transforming industries. It is reshaping global power. The countries and companies that move fastest - with the most coherent strategies, the clearest governance, the strongest infrastructure - will define the next era of economic competition. Everyone else will operate inside frameworks they did not help build.
Why AI projects fail: The science experiment trap and how to avoid it
The right platforms and tools are critical to a scalable, unified approach to AI. But two other elements are arguably just as important: data and culture. Data is the backbone of a successful AI program. It’s what AI models train on and it’s what enterprises use to determine whether a use case is worth pursuing. Yet experts estimate that less than 1% of enterprise data, so far, has been incorporated into AI models. That unused data represents a massive opportunity for enterprises.
The next game-changer to navigate volatility is agentic AI
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Shutterstock CEOs today are expected to make fast, high-stakes decisions in a world that’s anything but predictable. Geopolitical unrest, economic volatility, and the rapid acceleration of technology are reshaping industries in real time and shifting priorities with little warning.
How private capital could keep dealmaking alive in 2023
Neil Dhar Neil Dhar Vice Chairman: co Head of Consulting at PwC Published Nov 15, 2022 Economists, corporate leaders, banks and academics are uncertain whether the US is headed toward a recession, and if not yet, what the economic downturn will look like and what its impact could be. Forecasts and models vary, but economic output continues to fall quarter over quarter, and 81-percent of executives think a recession will occur in the next six months.
What will the world look like in five years? The four power shifts that are shaping the future
We have all adapted to enormous amounts of change in the past two+ years, and it's become increasingly clear this pace of change may not slow down. In fact, all evidence suggests change will only accelerate over the next five years. Core to those changes are the power dynamics that are shifting and shaping our new world. While “new world” may sound dramatic, it’s not. We are moving toward a dual reality inclusive of a physical and digital existence (aka the metaverse).
What business leaders think about the U.S. election
With only three weeks left before the U.S. presidential election, business leaders are anticipating new policy risks regardless of the outcome. According to the latest PwC US Pulse Survey, which polled 537 U.S. C-suite and other executives between September 30 and October 6, respondents are most concerned about changes in tax policy, followed by the federal government’s response to the global pandemic.
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