95% of AI pilots are failing. Here's why.


The Proactive Risk PM Weekly

Issue #29

July 20, 2026

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Hi ,

PMI just dropped a 300-page leadership anthology called Leadership That Lasts, and buried within it is a stat that stopped me mid-read: 95% of AI pilots inside major companies are currently failing.

Not because the AI doesn't work. Because nobody walked the "first mile"... nobody asked what decision the AI was actually supposed to improve, or who owned the outcome once it was live.

Sound familiar? It should...

That's a scope problem wearing an AI costume. And it's a risk identification failure at the program level, the kind that never makes it onto anyone's RAID log until something breaks.

I read the whole thing cover to cover so you don't have to, and this week's video breaks down the two most useful frameworks in it.

Now, let's get Proactive Over Reactive!

"AI is not neutral. It reflects the character of its creators."

— Terence Mauri, Leadership That Lasts

 

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Dad Joke of the Week

Why did the risk manager bring an umbrella to the stakeholder meeting?


Because they saw a 95% chance of scope creep.

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