Why Most AI Leaders Fail (And the 7 Principles That Prevent It)
Leading an AI team isn’t the same as managing traditional software development. When 87% of AI projects fail to move from prototype to production, the gap isn’t usually technical—it’s leadership. AI initiatives demand a fundamentally different management approach because you’re navigating uncertainty that traditional project management frameworks weren’t built to handle.
Consider what makes AI leadership unique: your team includes researchers who think in probabilities rather than certainties, your timelines depend on data quality you can’t always control upfront, and stakeholders expect magic while you’re managing statistical models with inherent …










