hekenbergThinking business is war will hurt your AI strategy. Too many leaders talk about crushing competitors and fighting for market share. Some consultants promise AI will be your weapon to dominate rivals. This war thinking wastes money in today's AI world. Teams keep data to themselves instead of working together. Companies build expensive AI tools that already exist elsewhere (1/3)
. One retail tech company wasted $40 million on custom supply chain AI when Shopify offers similar tools for $99 a month.
The reality is different. IBM made billions licensing patents to competitors after losing the PC market. Apple succeeds alongside Samsung because tech depends on collaboration. Amazon Web Services profits by storing rivals' data. Studies show most growth comes from industry partnerships, not beating competitors. (2/3)