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2. Get Ready:
AI Is Grown Up and
Ready for Business
By Rajeshwer Chigullapalli
Healthcare
Despite great enthusiasm for AI, full-blown deployments
remain the exception rather than the rule across businesses
in the U.S. and Europe, according to our recent research.
Businesses can turn the tide by honing their AI strategies,
maintaining a human-centric approach, developing
governance structures and ensuring AI applications are
built on an ethical foundation.
Cognizanti • 2
Germinating in R&D labs since the
1940s, artificial intelligence (AI) is
slowly but surely moving into the
mainstream across the consumer
world. But in the enterprise space,
AI remains bound by concerns
about balancing its responsible
development, deployment and
usage with its ability to deliver
business value. And while there’s
widespread recognition of
AI’s immense potential, many
organizations are still working to
determine how AI can move the
needle where it makes the most
sense: controlling costs, unleashing
new customer experiences and
offering an intelligent foundation
for creating products and services
that drive topline growth.
Given the hype, it’s no wonder that
the AI market is expected to grow
at a strong 36% CAGR to reach $191
billion by 2025.1
And according
to Gartner, global business value
created from AI is projected to total
$3.9 trillion in 2022.2
To gauge executive perceptions
of and achievement with AI, we
recently surveyed 975 business
leaders from organizations in the
U.S. and Europe. While our
study uncovered widespread
3. 3
enthusiasm and optimism about
AI, it also revealed AI’s nascent
stage of adoption. For instance, the
vast majority of AI projects (78%)
remain in experimental stages (i.e.,
proofs of concept and prototypes).
The state of the state
of AI in business
The following are the key
takeaways gleaned from our study:
❙❙ Most respondents consider
AI to be vital to business
success. The vast majority of
respondents across industries
view AI as extremely or very
important to their business. Not
surprisingly, respondents were
also optimistic about AI’s ability
to generate benefits, including
cost efficiency, revenues and
new products and services.
Moreover, most respondents
expect major or significant
benefits in terms of revenue
growth from their use of AI. In
fact, almost all expect value
to increase significantly within
three years, with financial
services and technology industry
companies leading the pack (see
Figures 1 and 2).
❙❙ AI is infiltrating multiple
business functions. Among
all business functions,
customer service appears
to be a prime target for AI
use across industries. This is
understandable, since customer
satisfaction, engagement and
buy-in is critical to ensuring
business success and justification
of an AI-led transformation
agenda (see Figure 3, next page).
Importance of AI to company success
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Source: Cognizant
Figure 1
40% 53%
32% 53%
28% 50%
38% 47%
42% 41%
46% 36%
31% 24%
Very important Extremely important
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
TECHNOLOGY
FINANCIAL SERVICES
RETAIL
MANUFACTURING
HEALTHCARE
INSURANCE
MEDIA
4. Cognizanti • 4
Expected revenue boost from AI
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Source: Cognizant
Figure 2
38% 39%
37% 39%
42% 39%
39% 32%
38% 32%
43% 27%
41% 10%
Significant benefit Major benefit
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
TECHNOLOGY
FINANCIAL SERVICES
RETAIL
MANUFACTURING
HEALTHCARE
INSURANCE
MEDIA
Top business functions for AI use
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Source: Cognizant
Figure 3
CUSTOMER SERVICE
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
OPERATIONS
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE
SALES & MARKETING
SUPPLY CHAIN/PROCUREMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
RISK & COMPLIANCE
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
30%
26%
20%
18%
13%
13%
9%
7%
6%
(Percent of respondents naming each function)
5. Organizations are also focusing
their AI efforts on areas that
are core to the business, such
as operations in the healthcare
industry, production in manufac-
turing and R&D in technology.
❙❙ Choice of AI technology is
influenced by functional area
and associated processes.
Respondents reported using
all five of the AI technologies
included in our study at a fairly
similar rate (see Figure 4).
Many AI technologies currently in use
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Note: Multiple responses allowed
Source: Cognizant
Figure 4
SMART ROBOTICS/
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
ANALYSIS OF
NATURAL LANGUAGE
ADVICE ENGINES/
MACHINE LEARNING
COMPUTER VISION
VIRTUAL AGENTS
Media Retail Technology
Healthcare Insurance Financial Services
Manufacturing
0% 10% 20% 30% 50%40% 60% 70% 80%
58%
49%
47%
60%
46%
35 %
40%
33%
45%
54%
42%
40%
44%
56%
42%
58%
53%
53%
44%
35%
41%
50%
55%
52%
56%
35%
44%
51%
42%
49%
58%
44%
52%
41%
72%
5
6. Organizations seem to attach
equal importance to the various
technologies that can power
an AI strategy. However, virtual
agents (conversational AI)
and computer vision (machine
intelligence algorithms that
recognize patterns, among
other things) led other AI
technologies by a small
margin. Respondents said
their companies are selectively
deploying technologies tailored
to specific functional areas, such
as virtual agents for customer
service and bots in production.
❙❙ Faster-growing organizations
appear to be more optimistic
about AI and more aggressive
in their AI adoption. Roughly
85% of respondents at faster-
growing organizations expect
AI to provide a major or
significant impact on revenues,
compared with 71% of slower-
growing businesses (see Figure
5). A higher percentage of
faster-growth organization
respondents (89%) also
expect AI to provide a major or
significant benefit in terms of
efficiencies that translate into
Expected cost reduction
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Source: Cognizant
Figure 6
SLOWER-GROWTH BUSINESSES
FASTER-GROWTH BUSINESSES
Significant impact Major impact
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
32% 45%
56% 33%
Expected revenue increase
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Source: Cognizant
Figure 5
SLOWER-GROWTH BUSINESSES
FASTER-GROWTH BUSINESSES
Significant impact Major impact
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
29% 42%
55% 30%
Cognizanti • 6
7. 7
❙❙ cost reduction vs. slower
growth businesses (77%) (see
Figure 6). While a significant
majority of faster-growth
companies (66%) said AI will
increase jobs, only 38% of
respondents at businesses with
slower growth rates said they
believed this to be true.
❙❙ AI adoption challenges span
talent acquisition, business
cases and ethics. Respondents
expressed a similar level of
concern regarding challenges
on the path to AI, with 40% of
executives considering each of
the 13 challenges listed to be
extremely or very challenging.
When that data is combined
with the finding that only 15% of
respondents were aware of a fully
implemented AI project at their
organization, it becomes clear
that most organizations have yet
to hone a clear-cut AI strategy.
Further, given that top
challenges related to senior
management commitment,
business buy-in, adequate
budget and lack of
preparedness, it’s apparent
that many companies are still
struggling to define AI’s central
role in advancing business
objectives.
Interestingly, technology industry
respondents were more apt than
respondents in other industries to
be aware of ethical considerations
playing a role in AI deployments
(see Figure 7). This could be the
result of increased scrutiny of
the FAANG (Facebook, Apple,
Amazon, Netflix and Google)
Concerns over ethical AI vary across industries
Base: 975 senior leaders in the U.S. & Europe
Source: Cognizant
Figure 7
55%
45%
41%
41%
43%
41%
29%
TECHNOLOGY
FINANCIAL SERVICES
RETAIL
MANUFACTURING
HEALTHCARE
INSURANCE
MEDIA
0% 20%10% 30% 40% 50% 60%
(Percent of respondents rating high or
significantly high concern)
8. Cognizanti • 8
companies relative to their use of
data- and algorithmic-enabled
analytical decision making, as
well as the issues they’ve had
to contend with regarding user
privacy. Sustainable and successful
AI deployments will need to be
built on a foundation that ensures
ethical and responsible outcomes.
The road ahead:
strategy, governance
and ethics imperatives
To successfully move from the
nascent stages of AI into full
business value realization, we
believe organizations should
focus on three key areas: AI
strategy, governance and ethics.
Addressing gaps in these areas
can place AI on a sustainable path
to delivering desired results. We
recommend businesses take the
following actions when planning
their path to AI:
❙❙ Embrace a human-centric
strategy: In addition to focusing
on measurable business value,
an effective AI strategy should
be geared around solving a
human problem and factor in the
right combination of machines
and human talent – from devel-
opment and deployment,
through usage.
❙❙ Enact an effective governance
structure: Businesses need
to engage teams in defining
standards, best practices and
investment strategies to get
the most value from AI. The
governance model should
ensure that AI-led decisions are
reached in a transparent and
auditable way while obviating the
influence of biases (unintended
or otherwise) that may creep into
the fabric of AI designs.
❙❙ Build an ethical foundation
– and continually maintain it:
For AI to take hold, businesses
need to embed processes
that ensure integration of
ethical considerations into the
development, deployment and
ongoing usage of AI, both inside
the organization’s four walls and
with customers and partners.
This article was adapted from our primary research-based report “Making
AI Responsible – and Effective.” To learn more, visit https://www.cognizant.
com/artificial-intelligence-adoption-for-business.
9. 9
Author
Rajeshwer Chigullapalli is an Associate Director within Cognizant’s thought
leadership program. He has over 25 years of experience in the areas of
business research and publishing. Previously, he was the Head of ICFAI
University Press and Chief Editor, SPG Media, India. He can be reached at
Rajeshwer.Chigullapalli@cognizant.com.
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank Cognizant Digital Business’s AI and Analytics Practice for their
contributions to this article, including Poornima Ramaswamy, Vice President, James Jeude,
Vice President and Practice Leader, Jerry A. Smith, Vice President, Data Sciences, and Bret
Greenstein, Global Vice President and Head of the AI Practice.
Endnotes
1 “Artificial Intelligence Market,” Markets and Markets, February 2018, https://www.marketsandmar-
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