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Saboteurs Are Why Your AI Fails
Stephen Forte explores why AI investments are failing and the answer is not what you think. Drawing on the CIA 1944 Simple Sabotage Field Manual and a landmark 2026 survey showing 29 percent of employees actively sabotage their company AI strategy, he unpacks the invisible resistance destroying AI ROI.
The CIA Manual: How 80-year-old bureaucratic sabotage tactics are alive and well in your AI steering committee
The Data: 29 percent sabotage rate (44 percent among Gen Z), plus a 30-point perception gap between executives and employees
The Failure Landscape: 95 percent of AI pilots deliver zero…
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