{"id":14738,"date":"2026-01-09T10:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=14738"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:01:18","slug":"from-pilots-to-profit-ntt-datas-2026-global-ai-report-shows-how-top-performers-turn-ai-vision-into-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=14738","title":{"rendered":"From pilots to profit: NTT DATA&#8217;s 2026 Global AI Report shows how top performers turn AI vision into value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The study launched at the end of last year, reveals how the top 15% of companies are 2.5x more likely to post >10% revenue growth and over 3x more likely to achieve \u226515% profit margins from AI deployments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and IT services, today released the\u00a0<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nttdata.com\/global\/en\/insights\/reports\/2026-global-ai-report-playbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 Global AI Report: A playbook for AI leaders<\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>The playbook is based on the company&#8217;s new benchmark research and reveals how &#8220;AI leaders&#8221; are separating from competitors through strategy and execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The analysis is based on a survey of 2,567 senior executives across 35 countries and 15 industries. Only 15% of participating organizations qualified as &#8220;AI leaders,&#8221; defined by clear AI strategies, mature operating models and focused execution. These leaders report significantly higher revenue growth and profit margins than other organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;AI accountability now belongs in the boardroom and demands an enterprise-wide agenda,&#8221; said&nbsp;<strong>Yutaka Sasaki, President and CEO, NTT DATA Group<\/strong>. &#8220;Our research shows that a small group of AI leaders already are using AI to differentiate, grow and reinvent how humans and machines create value together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders treat AI as a core growth engine and rewire their strategy accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Strategic alignment and speed:<\/strong>&nbsp;AI leaders win by tightly aligning AI with business strategy and turning strategic focus and speed into outsized financial returns.<\/li><li><strong>Focused end-to-end approach:<\/strong>&nbsp;Top performers focus on high-value domains that unlock disproportionate economic value and redesign workflows end to end.<\/li><li><strong>Flywheel effect:<\/strong>&nbsp;These front-runners create a cycle where initial investments fuel early success that drives reinvestment for further growth.<\/li><li><strong>Core reinvention:<\/strong>&nbsp;Growth leaders rebuild core applications with embedded AI rather than limiting themselves to surface-level add-ons.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Execution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI leaders differentiate through resilient foundations, empowered humans, hardwired adoption and governance, and expert partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Secure at scale:<\/strong>&nbsp;AI leaders build scalable and secure stacks, localize or relocate AI infrastructure for private\/sovereign AI, and invest to eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks.<\/li><li><strong>Expert-first AI<\/strong>: These front-runners use AI to amplify the impact of experienced, highly skilled employees rather than replace them.<\/li><li><strong>Change that sticks:<\/strong>&nbsp;Top performers treat adoption as a company-wide change program and adopt constructive change management to reduce resistance.<\/li><li><strong>Governed for scale:<\/strong>&nbsp;Leading organizations centralize AI governance, formalize enterprise-wide oversight, and empower dedicated Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) to own risk and align innovation.<\/li><li><strong>Partner-powered growth:<\/strong>&nbsp;Best-in-class players lean on strategic external collaborators and are open to outcome-based gain-sharing models that accelerate AI value.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once AI and business strategies are aligned, the single most effective move is to pick one or two domains that deliver disproportionate value and redesign them end-to-end with AI,&#8221; said&nbsp;<strong>Abhijit Dubey, CEO and CAIO, NTT DATA, Inc<\/strong>. &#8220;Supporting this focused, end-to-end approach with strong governance, modern infrastructure and trusted partners is how today&#8217;s AI leaders are turning pilots into profits and pulling ahead of the market.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey was conducted between September and October 2025. Respondents include C-suite, senior executives and other senior staff from enterprises spanning technology, manufacturing, banking, financial services, healthcare, consumer and other sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit NTT DATA&#8217;s website to download the complete&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/services.global.ntt\/en-us\/campaigns\/2026-global-ai-report-playbook\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Global AI Report: A playbook for AI leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About NTT DATA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world&#8217;s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&amp;D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nttdata.com\/global\/en\/insights\/reports\/2026-global-ai-report-playbook\">2026 Global AI Report: A Playbook for AI Leaders | NTT DATA Group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study launched at the end of last year, reveals how the top 15% of companies are 2.5x more likely to post >10% revenue growth and over 3x more likely to achieve \u226515% profit margins from AI deployments NTT DATA, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,19,18,6,3,5,317],"tags":[348],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14741,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14738\/revisions\/14741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}