Why AI initiatives stall in government organizations—and how to fix it

You're accountable for outcomes you don't fully control. You're expected to modernize faster with the same constraints, the same procurement cycles, the same leadership rotation. You've sat through the AI briefings. You've approved the pilots. And you're still not sure it's actually moving the mission.

That's not a reflection of your effort. It's a reflection of a system that wasn't designed for this pace of change.

In this Mission O/S Live, Rise8 Founder & CEO Bryon Kroger sits down with Barry O'Reilly—author of Artificial Organizations and Lean Enterprise, and advisor to executive teams across the globe—to get specific about what it actually takes to lead effectively in the AI era.

The research is blunt: 95% of AI initiatives fail to deliver measurable value. Inside government, where programs are already under pressure to justify investment, that's not a statistic. It's a warning.

They'll cover:

• Why AI initiatives stall at the system level — and what leaders can do about it from where they sit
• How to make better decisions faster when rotation cycles are short and the mission can't afford to start over
• What decision velocity actually looks like when you're operating inside complex, constrained systems
• How to build a leadership operating system that makes you more effective now