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Engineering adoption is the worst proxy for company adoption
The function that adopts first is the function least like the rest of the business.
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A comfortable illusion
Engineering adopts new tools by default, so leadership sees healthy numbers and concludes the company is ahead.
Meanwhile finance closes the books the same way it did three years ago.
Measure the quiet functions
Finance, legal, support and operations rarely appear in an AI programme update, and they hold most of the unrecovered hours.
Report by function, always
A single company number will always be carried by engineering. Publish the distribution instead and the conversation changes immediately.