Why 80% of AI Projects Fail: A Working Session for HR and Technical Leaders

Mara Gates
Mara Gates
August 27, 2026 12:00 PM EDT
August 27, 2026 12:00 PM EDT
Virtual

When an AI initiative isn’t delivering the way you expected, it’s natural to check the model first: retrain it, swap tools, add more infrastructure. That’s a reasonable place to start, but it’s rarely where the real gap lives. More often, it’s the people between the technology and the outcome who are missing, such as the person who reviews an output and knows immediately whether it’s actually right for your business. That’s the layer we’ve spent the past year studying, and it’s exactly what this session is built to help you find in your own team.

Join PowerToFly AI for an interactive session where we’ll walk you through what we found: a straightforward way to diagnose where your own AI initiative is falling short, and a strategy most organizations aren’t using yet, even as new regulations make getting this right less optional by the day.

What you’ll leave with:

  • A framework for diagnosing where your own AI initiative is stalling
  • A clear look at the strategy most organizations are overlooking, and why the window to act is now
  • A better sense of what closes the gap for good, for your team and the people on it

Meet The Speaker

Mara Gates
Mara Gates
Director, Content Marketing, PowerToFly

Mara Gates is PowerToFly’s Director of Content Marketing. She works at the intersection of strategy, people, and leadership, with a recent focus on what it looks like to integrate AI into work efficiently and empathetically. She approaches problems with curiosity and an interest in the people behind them.