Rebalancing Explorer-Heavy Organizations

When your organization has too many Explorers and not enough production, you need interventions that move ideas to implementation.

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The Problem

Many pilots launched, few reach production. This is the 70-85% failure rate that plagues AI initiatives.

From scattered pilots to production pipeline.

Pair each Explorer with an Automator from day one. No solo exploration.

Clear criteria for when pilots can move to production. No ambiguity about “ready.”

Time-boxed transition from exploration to implementation:

Define when to stop experiments that won’t scale. End zombie pilots.

Goal: 20-30% of pilots should reach production.