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March 25, 2026

AI Adoption in Organizations, Grigory Oster Style

Bad advice for those who want to spend the budget and change nothing

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  1. 1. AI Adoption in Organizations, Grigory Oster Style

    Bad advice for those who want to spend the budget and change nothing

  2. 2. Bad advice teaches by contrast

  3. 3. AI adoption repeats digital transformation

  4. 4. 00. Nine pieces of bad advice

  5. 5. A business card first, not a process

  6. 6. Less understanding, bigger budget

  7. 7. The feeling of motion beats motion

  8. 8. Put AI on a separate island

  9. 9. Promise broadly: harder to check

  10. 10. Throw a festival without data access

  11. 11. Collect 142 use cases company-wide

  12. 12. Of 142 use cases, 90 are duplicates

  13. 13. Don't touch the foundation

  14. 14. Spread AI on top like mayonnaise

  15. 15. Add an AI assistant mid-queue

  16. 16. 3 days → 5 days, but with AI

  17. 17. Measure activity, not impact

  18. 18. So far AI has mostly added work

  19. 19. Talk AI, pay for manual control

  20. 20. Love AI on slides, hide your tasks

  21. 21. No results? Just a valuable stage

  22. 22. 10. The inconvenient truth

    The board quietly asks: where is the impact?

  23. 23. At best, AI speeds up drafts

  24. 24. AI didn't fail; the attempt did

  25. 25. This technology isn't bought; it's called reform

  26. 26. Start with the process that hurts

  27. 27. Measure impact, not activity

  28. 28. To stay out of this book

    “From Classic PDLC to AI-Native Development”

    “From AI-Native Development to AI-Native Organization”

    Grigory Oster — “Bad Advice”

  29. 29. Thank You!

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