{"id":24377,"date":"2026-01-06T18:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralink.nl\/?p=24377"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:32:52","slug":"ai-is-not-your-it-project-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralink.nl\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/ai-is-not-your-it-project-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"AI is not your IT project\u00a0anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"565\">Many Dutch firms still treat AI as an IT experiment.<br data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"551\" \/>That is risky.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"796\">McKinsey reports that over <strong data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"631\">70 percent of AI failures in 2025<\/strong> come from weak business ownership, not weak technology [1]. Deloitte confirms that AI value only appears when business leaders take control, not IT teams alone [2].<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"884\">I see this often in Dutch SMEs.<br data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"832\" \/>AI tools are bought. Pilots run. Results stay small.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"890\"><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1013\">Because AI changes how people work, decide, and take responsibility.<br data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"963\" \/>That is an organizational issue, not a tech issue.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1153\">Recent research confirms this. Studies show that AI success depends on leadership alignment and change management, not model accuracy [3].<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1174\"><strong>If you ignore this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1242\">\n<li data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1203\">\n<p data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1203\">AI stays a cost, not value<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1222\">\n<p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1222\">Teams lose trust<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1242\">\n<p data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1242\">Data stays unused<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1259\"><strong>If you act now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1315\">\n<li data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1278\">\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1278\">Faster decisions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1296\">\n<p data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1296\">Clear ownership<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1315\">\n<p data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1315\">Real ROI from AI<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1317\" data-end=\"1443\">At Centralink, we help organizations move AI ownership from IT to the business. Strategy first. People first. Then technology.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1526\">If you are leading a team in the Netherlands and feel stuck with AI, let us talk.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1745\">\n<p data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1994\"><strong data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1761\">References<\/strong><br data-start=\"1761\" data-end=\"1764\" \/>[1] McKinsey &amp; Company. (2025). <em data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1830\">The state of AI in organizations<\/em>.<br data-start=\"1831\" data-end=\"1834\" \/>[2] Deloitte. (2025). <em data-start=\"1856\" data-end=\"1894\">AI powered enterprise transformation<\/em>.<br data-start=\"1895\" data-end=\"1898\" \/>[3] Vial, G., et al. (2024). <em data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"1963\">Organizational drivers of AI value<\/em>. Journal of Business Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Dutch firms still treat AI as an IT experiment.That is risky. 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