Jess Grogan-Avignon

Most enterprise agentic AI projects are destined to fail due to fundamental tensions between traditional enterprise structures and the demands of machine-speed AI development. Enterprises, built for human pace with layers of control and process, struggle to adapt to the rapid iteration and emergent behaviors characteristic of AI. This talk outlines five key tensions—speed, value, delivery, trust, and moat—and offers a framework for navigating them to achieve successful AI adoption.