Remember electricity? In its infancy, the returns looked pretty underwhelming—investors were skeptical, adoption crawled. But here's the thing: those decision-makers who dismissed the technology's potential? They got left in the dust.

AI is following the same playbook. We're in that awkward phase where the hype hasn't matched real-world transformation yet. The temptation to write it off as overhyped is real. But that's exactly when the gap between leaders and laggards widens most.

The ones paying attention now, running experiments, building frameworks—they're positioning themselves for what's coming. The ones waiting for a clearer signal? History suggests they'll be catching up for years.