2026-10-27-leadership-trends

source_id,metric,group_or_period,value,unit,status,boundary
B01,Fundamentally redesign workflows,AI high performers,75,percent,approximate: nearly three quarters,Narrative approximation; exact chart not retrieved
B01,Fundamentally redesign workflows,Other respondents,25,percent,approximate: one quarter,Narrative approximation; association only
B01,Expect increased AI investment,Next year,60,percent,reported intention,Not realised investment
B01,AI use constrained by operating costs,Current survey,20,percent,reported: one in five,Does not mean other respondents ignore costs
B02,AI revenue and cost outcomes,Neither benefit,56,percent,reported last 12 months,Not a zero-value or negative-ROI measure
B02,AI revenue and cost outcomes,Both benefits,12,percent,reported last 12 months,Not an exhaustive split with neither
B03,Single multiyear enterprise AI programme,Future-built,61,percent,reported,Association; maturity-selected group
B03,Single multiyear enterprise AI programme,Laggards,17,percent,reported,Association; maturity-selected group
B03,P&L or KPI tracking,Future-built,95,percent,reported,Not necessarily audited P&L accounting
B04,AI investment share of revenue: all industries,2025,0.8,percent of annual revenue,survey comparison baseline,Separate sample from Applied AI Index
B04,AI investment share of revenue: all industries,2026,1.7,percent of annual revenue,planned,Not actual spend
B04,AI investment share of revenue: industrials and real estate,2025,0.7,percent of annual revenue,survey comparison baseline,Broad grouped sector
B04,AI investment share of revenue: industrials and real estate,2026,0.8,percent of annual revenue,planned,Not Knauf data