Category: Change Management

The Great AI Reckoning of 2026: Part 1 – The Boardroom Hangover: Why Your $4M AI Investment Just Became 2026’s Accountability Crisis

January 1, 2026

AI ROI, Analytics, Blog, Change Management, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Innovation, Leadership, Mainstream Business Strategy, Management, Operational AI ROI, Technology Implementation, The Great AI Reckoning of 2026 Series

Reading Time: 17 minutes – When AeroStream’s AI chatbot hallucinated a zeppelin fleet, Director Margot Vance learned the hard truth: the 2024 AI hype cycle just hit 2026 reality.