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Making the case for AI investment, and getting it approved.

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A modern open-plan office swallowed by dense fog, where a lone figure sits upright at a desk in the right of the frame, still working, his screens of charts and messages crisp at arm's length while the desks, monitors, and lamps of colleagues dissolve into white haze behind him, a visual rendering of the mental fog the research describes, where the person supervising the machine's output keeps working as clarity recedes, and the cost no business case recorded is paid in human attention (Image generated by ChatGPT 5.6) — The Balancing Item: The AI Oversight Cost Your Business Case Never Priced
26 July 2026 · 10 minute read
Every AI business case counts the hours saved. Almost none counts the oversight hours added, and people are silently absorbing the difference.

An editorial still-life photograph of an open antique accounting ledger on a dark wooden desk, lit by warm cinematic light from the upper right. The left-hand page is dense with handwritten entries and completes with an underlined subtotal; the right-hand page shows the same columnar structure with entries in the Particulars column but the value columns empty, and the phrase 'To be measured' handwritten at the bottom where a subtotal figure would normally sit. A fountain pen and a small brass key rest beside the ledger. A visual metaphor for the argument that the finance function's conventional ledger records what AI investment costs but does not yet have the instruments to measure what it produces. (Image generated by ChatGPT 5.4) — The Appreciating Ledger: When AI Capital Outgrows the CFO's Rulebook
19 April 2026 · 11 minute read
AI capital appreciates, accumulates, and crosses functions. The four indicator types let CFOs see what conventional project-ROI models structurally cannot.

Multiple small groups of musicians scattered across a grand concert hall, each playing different pieces of music simultaneously, creating fragmentation despite individual excellence (Image generated by ChatGPT 5) — From AI Pilots and Projects to AI Strategy: Avoiding the Business Case Trap
5 October 2025 · 10 minute read
Approving AI business cases at record pace is not a strategy: 92% are investing more, 1% have reached maturity. The gap is coherence.

A photorealistic corporate boardroom at sunrise with a panoramic city skyline visible through floor-to-ceiling windows. A holographic display on the glass wall shows interconnected golden and blue nodes branching outward in a chain-reaction pattern, symbolising AI’s second and third-order effects. Warm sunlight blends with the cool glow of the digital network, reflecting on the polished conference table. (Image generated by ChatGPT 4o). — AI’s Hidden ROI: Measuring Second and Third-Order Effects for Board Decisions
10 August 2025 · 11 minute read
AI's largest returns arrive late, as second- and third-order effects on capability and business model. Boards need leading and predictive indicators to see them.

A diverse executive team presents an AI business case to a Board in a modern Boardroom. Digital displays show strategic alignment diagrams and multi-horizon value projections, while executives engage with Board members who are reviewing materials. The scene captures the critical moment of stakeholder engagement and decision-making for AI investments. (Image generated by ChatGPT 4o). — Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: and Securing Buy-In from the Board
19 May 2025 · 16 minute read
A well-built AI business case can still fail at the Board. When 88% of pilots never reach production, approval must carry a path to scale.

A professional team collaborates around a conference table reviewing an AI business case document. Digital displays show multi-dimensional value metrics, ROI projections across different time horizons, and strategic alignment graphics. The scene conveys analytical rigour combined with strategic vision in building a compelling AI investment case. (Image generated by ChatGPT 4o). — Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: Building Your AI Business Case
12 May 2025 · 18 minute read
A disciplined AI business case balances financial rigour with AI's unusual value patterns: the step-by-step construction, from opportunity to a case a Board can sign.

A diverse executive team in a modern boardroom reviews a large digital screen displaying a network map of interconnected business processes, with glowing nodes highlighting high-value AI opportunity areas. Surrounding dashboards present analytics on process complexity, strategic alignment, and implementation feasibility. Team members are engaged in discussion, each with laptops showing performance data. (Image generated by ChatGPT 4o). — Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: Finding High-Value AI Opportunities
4 May 2025 · 15 minute read
The highest-value AI opportunities rarely sit in the fashionable applications. They sit in the invisible, strategically significant processes a structured evaluation surfaces.

A business team collaborating around a modern table with holographic displays showing five interconnected building blocks that form a complete AI business case evaluation structure. (Image generated by ChatGPT 4o). — Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: Creating the Foundation
28 April 2025 · 14 minute read
AI's parallel, multi-speed adoption breaks the sequential logic of traditional business cases. These are the building blocks an evaluation needs before any number is written.

A group of business professionals in a futuristic Boardroom analyse AI investment data, with glowing holographic charts, ROI metrics, dollar signs, and an upward-trending arrow pointing toward a central “AI” node, symbolising growth and financial impact in the age of artificial intelligence. (Image generated by AI). — Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: What Boards Need to Know
22 April 2025 · 11 minute read
Traditional business case methods assume sequential adoption. AI runs in parallel across maturity stages at once, and the valuation has to change with it.

A measuring tape sits on top of an AI model to symbolize the concept of measuring AI's ROI, while a Board meets to review the data (Image generated by ChatGPT 4) — Measuring AI value: A strategic framework for Boards and business leaders
13 January 2025 · 12 minute read
Measuring AI value needs more than total cost of ownership. A strategic framework for Boards, built on what the cloud business case taught me.

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The Balancing Item: The AI Oversight Cost Your Business Case Never Priced

The Appreciating Ledger: When AI Capital Outgrows the CFO's Rulebook

From AI Pilots and Projects to AI Strategy: Avoiding the Business Case Trap

AI’s Hidden ROI: Measuring Second and Third-Order Effects for Board Decisions

Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: and Securing Buy-In from the Board

Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: Building Your AI Business Case

Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: Finding High-Value AI Opportunities

Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: Creating the Foundation

Rethinking Business Cases in the Age of AI: What Boards Need to Know

Measuring AI value: A strategic framework for Boards and business leaders

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