Know and Grow the ROI of AI: From Enterprise Transformation to Business Value

About this session

AI is advancing rapidly, but the central question for enterprise leaders is no longer whether it works—it is how to convert capability into measurable business value. This talk will show why AI transformation requires more than model adoption, drawing on evidence from Canaries in the Coal Mine on how AI is already reshaping work and from the Stanford Enterprise AI Playbook’s lessons from 51 enterprise deployments. The talk will explain how to identify high-value opportunities at the task and process level, measure ROI with credible KPIs and causal inference, and move from scattered pilots to scaled productivity and revenue growth. It will also highlight why complementary investments—in skills, workflows, and organizational redesign—are essential to escaping the productivity J-curve. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for knowing where AI is creating value today and growing that value across the enterprise.