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The Pilot Trap - Why AI Pilots Fail

Hosted by Kenneth Lowe

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What you'll learn

Why AI pilots fail even when the technology works

Identify the hidden strategy, adoption, and execution issues that cause AI pilots to stall after the demo.

Design Pilots Around Decisions

Structure AI pilots to answer the business, operational, and leadership questions needed for the next step.

Evaluate the Path to Value

Assess pilot results and decide whether to adopt, scale, redesign, or stop before more resources are spent.

Why this topic matters

AI pilots are easy to launch and hard to turn into value. This course shows you how to avoid the pilot trap by designing AI pilots around the business, adoption, and execution decisions that determine whether they should scale, change, or stop.

You'll learn from

Kenneth Lowe

Author, Innovation Strategist, Speaker, Consultant

Kenneth Lowe is a technology strategist, product leader, speaker, consultant, and the author of Stone Soup Strategy: A Guide to Innovation Success. He has helped organizations turn unclear technology questions into practical products, roadmaps, and operating decisions.

Ken has built AI-enabled software, led zero-to-one product efforts, co-founded an innovation lab, delivered cloud and data platforms, and helped teams separate real business opportunities from hype, risk, and overbuilt solutions.

His focus is practical: helping leaders understand where technology belongs, what should be evaluated first, and how to make better decisions before committing time, money, or team attention.

Ken has lived on three continents, visited over 60 countries, and led teams with more than 35 nationalities.

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