Why 94% of AI Fails

88% of companies are using AI.
Only 6% are seeing meaningful impact on EBIT.

That gap isn’t about tools. Or talent. Or data infrastructure. It’s about alignment.

Most organisations treat AI as an efficiency upgrade. Automate a process. Speed up a workflow. Optimise what already exists. The result? Promising pilots that never scale.

Anton Chislov, Fractional CTO at MISSION+, reframes the problem using the McKinsey 7-S model. Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Style, Staff, Skills. The top 6% don’t just “do AI.” They reorganise around it.

They delete before they automate.
They redesign before they optimise.

If your pilots are stuck in “almost ready to scale,” this is the diagnostic you need.

Read the full breakdown here and score your organisation across all seven dimensions.