Part I
The Threat
Why 70% of today's Fortune 500 won't survive the next two decades.
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A guide to AI-driven enterprises for leaders
No One
Works
Here.
How AI-Driven Enterprises Are Dramatically Redefining Business, Leadership, and Competition.The era of Human Time is over.
“Sharp, visionary, and intensely practical. An essential guide for anyone looking to lead in an era of unprecedented change.”Mark Gorenberg, Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Required reading for every leader in business today…”Henry Ford III, Member of the Board of Directors, Ford Motor Company
“The definitive blueprint for businesses powered by AI.”Yu-Ting Kuo, Former Corporate Vice President of AI, Microsoft
“Map of not just the age of AI, but the age of innovation from all, for all.”Aneesh Raman, Chief Economic Opportunity Officer, LinkedIn
“This fascinating book makes me nervous. But it’s very important for humans to read.”Thomas H. Davenport, Distinguished Professor, Babson College
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The 90-second intro to the book.
Board Illiteracy
79%
of Board executives report minimal or no knowledge of AI capabilities and applications.
Source: Board of Innovation (BOI)
The “Fake It” Factor
91%
of C-Suite executives admit to exaggerating their AI knowledge in professional settings.
Source: Pluralsight
The Reality
0%
of executives say AI won’t impact them at all.
Source: Board of Innovation (BOI)
Top-Management Literacy
0
the median S&P 500 top-management AI literacy score.
Source: AIDE Institute, 2026
Extinction Risk
70%
of today’s Fortune 500 are projected to vanish in the next two decades, due to bureaucratic collapse.
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C-Suite
91% of your peers are faking their AI literacy. This book ends that.
Board Member
Your fiduciary duty now includes AI governance — whether your bylaws say so or not.
Heavy-Industry Exec
Carbon assets don't slow AI. Your organizational bureaucracy does.
Regulated-Industry Exec
Regulation is a latency tax. The Friday Night Test changes the calculus.
Investor
The AI Multiplier has replaced the PE multiple as the primary lens for returns.
Founder
Build at the speed of code before a competitor without your overhead does.
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“Required reading for every leader in business today…”
Henry Ford III·Member of the Board of Directors, Ford Motor Company·Foreword
“A critical guide for modern architects of business.”
Michael Miebach·CEO, Mastercard
“The definitive blueprint for businesses powered by AI.”
Yu-Ting Kuo·Former Corporate VP of AI, Microsoft
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Paul Cheek
Paul Cheek is a global expert on AI-driven enterprises and enterprise innovation. He is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Senior Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Artificial Intelligence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. As founder of the AI-Driven Enterprise Institute and Entonomy, he develops data systems and software that power AI agent-run businesses. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, bestselling author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics, and recipient of MIT’s Monosson Prize for impact on entrepreneurship education, Paul has advised and built ventures from seed to scale, with his work featured in Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, CNN, Inc., Entrepreneur, and more.
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