PwC's 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer reveals that productivity growth has nearly quadrupled in AI-exposed industries since 2022, with the most advanced sectors now achieving 3x higher revenue per employee growth². BCG research indicates that 74% of companies struggle to achieve and scale AI value, while early adopters establish competitive moats that become increasingly difficult to replicate³.

The World Economic Forum projects that AI will transform 86% of businesses by 2030, creating 170 million new roles while displacing 92 million existing positions⁴. Organisations that delay strategic AI implementation beyond the next 12-18 months risk permanent competitive disadvantage as first movers build insurmountable advantages through superior data assets, optimised processes, and human-AI collaborative capabilities.