West Monroe Research Reveals AI Transformation Gap

ByRicardo

Research identifies three imperatives for constructing an AI-native enterprise primarily based on a survey of 417 U.S. enterprise leaders

West Monroe, an AI-native world consulting agency, at this time launched Building the AI-Native Enterprise, new analysis inspecting how organizations are progressing from AI adoption to enterprise transformation. Based on market analysis and a survey of 417 U.S. enterprise leaders, the report identifies three main imperatives for organizations to grow to be extra AI-native.

The analysis additionally introduces West Monroe’s Enterprise AI Transformation Index, a brand new benchmark that measures organizations’ progress towards changing into AI-native. Grounded in West Monroe’s personal expertise changing into an AI-native agency, the index captures the capabilities, behaviors, and choices that assist organizations speed up AI transformation. The findings present AI maturity is accelerating however reveal important variations in how organizations are translating AI investments into measurable enterprise worth.

The analysis findings level to a few imperatives for organizations constructing an AI-native enterprise:

  • Make AI the New Operating Layer: Organizations are doing extra to construct the know-how, information, and governance basis wanted to scale AI throughout the enterprise: 58% say AI connects throughout their enterprise. Yet 40% are nonetheless layering AI onto legacy infrastructure somewhat than redesigning it for AI.
  • Bridge the AI ROI Divide: Organizations are more and more measuring AI’s impression, however translating funding into enterprise worth is uneven: 54% report sooner decision-making, 51% report value reductions, and 42% report new income alternatives. Yet solely 36% measure AI success by income progress, underscoring the hole between operational good points and enterprise transformation.
  • Rewrite the Org Chart: AI leaders are redesigning work, whereas others are merely layering AI onto present methods of working: 42% of organizations are redesigning their companies round sooner, cross-functional, AI-enabled groups. Another 26% are utilizing AI to keep up or improve output with fewer workers.

“Most corporations are centered on deploying AI instruments. The corporations pulling forward are redesigning how work will get completed to make the most of the distinctive scale, velocity and entry to information that AI creates,” stated Bret Greenstein, Chief AI Officer at West Monroe and co-author of the report. “Competitive benefit occurs when corporations rework how they work”

Alongside the report, West Monroe launched the AI Enterprise Strategy Agent on WestMonroe.ai, the agency’s AI-powered platform for enterprise technique brokers which was just lately featured in Business Insider for rethinking how consulting worth is delivered. The new agent helps leaders apply the report’s insights to their very own group.

“The largest alternative with AI isn’t uncooked effectivity. It’s acceleration to worth,” stated Erik Brown, senior companion in West Monroe’s Technology & Experience observe and co-author of the report.  “The corporations pulling forward are utilizing AI to make higher choices, act with velocity, measure outcomes and enhance. It creates a really compressed cycle if it’s completed proper.”

Beyond the three imperatives, the analysis identifies three cross-cutting pressures shaping each group’s AI journey: the accelerating tempo of change, rising regulatory complexity throughout markets, and rising belief and infrastructure constraints. Together, these exterior influences are redefining how organizations scale AI throughout the enterprise.

The report builds on West Monroe’s repute for main the consulting business in AI adoption and translating its AI-native transformation into outcomes for purchasers. Its management has earned business recognition, with West Monroe named Overall AI Consulting Firm of the Year by AI Breakthrough and Chief AI Officer Bret Greenstein, co-author of the report, awarded a number of AI management recognition for AI transformations in 2026.

Download Building the AI-Native Enterprise right here: https://www.westmonroe.com/insights/building-the-ai-native-enterprise  

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