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EVIDENCE • THE AI REALITY GAP

95% of AI programmes fail.

Yours doesn't have to.

Enterprise AI is failing at scale — not because the technology doesn't work, but because most organisations approach it wrong. Here's what the research says, and what we do differently.

Flagship result: £513k invested · £1.8M–£3M in-year returns · 3.5×–6× ROI

01 — THE EVIDENCE​

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Three numbers, one pattern.

 

Enterprise AI fails at predictable, structural points — not technical ones.

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  • 95% of GenAI pilots fail to show measurable financial returns within six months. (MIT, The GenAI Divide, 2025)

  • Only 5% of companies achieve AI value at scale; 60% generate no material value at all. (BCG, The Widening AI Value Gap, 2025)

  • 42% of companies abandoned at least one AI initiative in 2025, up from 17% in 2024. (S&P Global, 2025)

02–07 — WHERE IT BREAKS

 

What fails — and what we do instead.

 

  • Pilots prove pilots, not returns. Generic tools stall in enterprise workflows. TIP runs no pilots — every PERSONAL session is 2 hours of hands-on work on a leader's real priorities, producing evidence from day one.

  • 73% of failed AI projects lack executive alignment. CEO-led projects succeed 68% of the time vs. 11% without sustained sponsorship. (McKinsey, 2025) TIP starts with the CEO's own PERSONAL session, then a STRATEGIC session to align the top team.

  • AI success is 10% algorithms, 20% data, 70% people — yet most budgets fund the easy 30%. (BCG's 10-20-70 framing) TIP's method targets the 70% first: leadership mindset and behaviour, not tools.

  • 61% treat AI as an IT project. Individual productivity gains don't compound without structural redesign. TIP moves from individual fluency to function-level redesign to enterprise orchestration.

  • 30% of GenAI projects are abandoned after proof of concept, as consultant-led engagements create dependency. (Gartner, 2025) TIP trains internal facilitators through COACH to self-deliver — the goal is an organisation that no longer needs us.

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08 — THE COST OF WAITING

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Every quarter you delay, the gap widens.

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  • 3.6× greater three-year shareholder returns for AI leaders vs. laggards. (BCG, 2025)

  • AI agents projected to be 29% of total AI value by 2028, up from ~17% today. (BCG, 2025)

  • ~20% of leadership capacity reclaimed in a TIP cohort — 5 days of decisions made in 4.

  • 3.5×–6× ROI evidenced in a flagship enterprise programme, verifiable on request.

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