Heidrick & Struggles: Structuring the AI function: The right questions to find the right model

Leaders today are approaching AI with strategic intent and expecting real returns, particularly in productivity and cost reduction. Indeed, 82% of respondents to our annual survey of AI and data leaders indicated their AI function is now directly included in business strategy—up from 76% in 2023. This is a remarkable level of strategic integration for a quickly evolving technology, and leaders have been challenged to decide where AI should fit into their organizational design so they can move quickly and realize maximum value. Heidrick & Struggles conducted a survey that found 37% of AI leaders report to the chief information, technology, or digital officer, and 31% to the CEO—but in another measure of the speed of change, the latter figure is a near doubling of the share only a year ago. Read on to better understand:

• AI's growth and the need for speed,
• How reporting lines are changing,
• Determining the right organizational model to drive results,
• Setting up the AI leader for success,
• And more!

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