Case · 2024
Multiple Fortune 500
Various GenAI deployments across enterprises; survey of organizations
Maturity stage
Scaling
Use-case type
Multiple
Function
Multiple
Company size
Enterprise
Evidence
30% of GenAI projects abandoned after POC by end of 2025
ROI / outcome figure
30% POC abandonment forecast
What RAPID would have flagged
Failure mode: Organizational — Employee resistance to AI adoption, insufficient training, or cultural barriers to technology-driven change
Dimensions a pre-deployment RAPID assessment would have surfaced
- Organizational Adoption (low score < 50%)
Mitigations the framework recommends
- Follow Kotter's 8-step change model: create urgency, build coalition, communicate vision
- Position AI as augmentation (enhancing jobs) rather than replacement (eliminating jobs)
- Invest in training programs before deployment, not after
- Celebrate and publicize early wins to build organizational momentum
Dimensions this case illuminates
AStrategic Alignment
Are GenAI investments tied to measurable business objectives?
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