AI in the enterprise has a messaging problem.
The industry sold transformation and delivered meeting summaries.
On this episode of Bit by Bit: Leadership Conversations, Tom Butler, Vice President of WW Commercial Portfolio and Product Management at
@Lenovo, explains why enterprise AI adoption has stalled, and why the real shift is not about saving people time. It is about reshaping what they do with it.
We get into workflow over personas, why “no one cares” about the NPU, and his AI Knights of the Round Table approach to spreading what actually works across an organization.
00:16 PC Market Meets AI
02:41 Rollercoaster Cycles And Refresh
05:05 Workflow First Buying Shift
06:37 Different Sectors Different Speeds
08:51 Storytelling Missteps And Value
10:32 Hybrid AI Edge Versus Cloud
14:39 Security Governance Reality Check
16:40 Culture Shift Outcomes Over Devices
21:15 Middle Management Friction
24:59 Rebuilding Trust With Transparency
30:09 IT Buying Gets More Surgical
33:27 Advice And AI Knights Playbook
37:23 Closing Thoughts And Thanks