Strategy Summit 2026: Why AI Means Radical Change

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Harvard Business Review

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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What changes need to be made for an organization to truly succeed with their AI strategy? In this four-part special series, we'll share conversations from the recent HBR Strategy Summit to help you get ahead. In this episode, Harvard Business School professor Tsedal Neeley shares what she's learned about successful AI implementation and organizational transformation, from the minimum technological capabilities needed to what it takes to overcome silos to how to transform workflows and processes to add real value. HBR editor in chief Amy Bernstein facilitates, bringing in audience questions.

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0:00.0	A new digital reading experience from Harvard Business Review is here.
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0:41.4	I'm Alison Beard and this is the HBR Ideacast.
0:59.6	Harvard Business Review recently hosted the HBR Strategy Summit, 2026, a day filled with expert advice and guidance from executives and academics alike.
1:03.4	And we're sharing the highlights of the event in this special IdeaCast series.
1:12.8	Today, you'll hear a masterclass, an interactive lecture from HBS professor, Siddall Neely, about how organizations can drive successful AI transformation.
1:21.4	You'll hear her explain the 30% rule, the minimum organizational change and baseline understanding of AI technology needed to drive real results.
1:29.1	She'll walk through examples from Moderna, Domino's Pizza, and Rakuten, and field audience questions facil by HBR editor-in-chief Amy Bernstein. Enjoy the episode.
1:35.0	Hi, everyone. I'm delighted to be here today to talk about why AI means radical change.
1:44.0	And what I'd like to do in the time that we have
1:46.8	together is talk about what it takes to adopt AI at the pace that makes sense for you,
1:55.3	for your organization, and for your industry. AI is everywhere.
2:08.3	People are talking about AI, AI, AI, AI, and even agentic AI, agentic AI, agentic AI.
2:10.4	Some of it is hype.
2:12.6	Some of it is real. The job that we have in all of our organizations is to figure out how do we get beyond the hype
2:21.2	and start moving at the pace that makes sense for us. Now, first of all, I'd like to talk about
2:30.6	the 30% rule just to orient us on how we should think about AI and how much do we need
2:38.5	to understand as individuals, as leaders, but also as entire workforces in order to make
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