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AI Strategy Needs Endurance, Not Just Speed
MIT Sloan Management Review argued that AI disruption is becoming a permanent operating condition rather than a temporary transition. The article opens with a product leader discovering that the AI model her team had spent weeks integrating has already been overtaken by a cheaper, faster alternative.
The leadership point is that constant urgency can exhaust the organization. If AI keeps moving, the old playbook of racing toward a stable end state breaks down. The winning pattern may be building teams, budgets and decision rhythms for endurance instead of treating every model release as a crisis.
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review · September 10, 2026