Why do pilots stall?
An MIT NANDA report found 95% of enterprise GenAI pilots deliver zero measurable P&L impact. Twelve impressive demos and nothing in production isn't a strategy — it's a science fair.
Essays & tools on enterprise AI
Why 95% of AI pilots fail — and what the 5% do differently.
I'm Burak Galiba. I write about enterprise AI transformation — pilots that stall, production that ships, and governance that stopped being a slide. Views my own.
No pitch. No gate. Twelve essays and three free tools.
01 — What I write about
Three questions I keep coming back to.
Who do you trust when everyone sells?
Model vendors run consulting arms. Cloud providers embed "free" engineers. The Big 4 rent out pre-built agents. Almost everyone advising enterprises has a platform to push.
When did governance become a deadline?
State AI laws are in force, EU AI Act dates are on the calendar, and Gartner expects 40% of agentic projects to be canceled by 2027 — mostly over weak risk controls.
02 — Free tools
Three free tools. No email to see results.
I built them to be argued with: instant results, anonymous by default, and honest enough to tell you something you didn't want to hear.
Free tool
For the whole program
AI Readiness Score
Twenty questions across pilots, data, talent, and governance. Ten minutes for an instant 0–100 score, a peer benchmark, and your first three moves.
Take the assessment
20 questions · ~10 minutes · anonymous
Free tool
For one pilot on trial
Ship / Fix / Kill Triage
Put a single AI pilot on trial: fifteen questions, one honest verdict. The verdict is your weakest dimension — no charming past it — and it comes with a printable one-page memo for the meeting.
Run the triage
15 questions · ~7 minutes · anonymous
Free tool
For the selection meeting
The AI Label Test
Is your flagship "AI project" actually AI? Twelve questions on two axes — does the system make AI-shaped calls, and does it have a value case either way? The verdict names what the committee didn't ask.
Run the label test
12 questions · ~6 minutes · anonymous
03 — About
About Burak.
I’m a technology and product leader based in Istanbul, working at the intersection of enterprise software, connected products, data platforms, and AI. I’ve spent 25 years inside large organizations, most recently leading 45 people across five product and engineering teams, where I’ve seen ambitious technology programs become durable products—and equally promising ones stall, fragment, or quietly disappear.
This site is where I examine that experience through the lens of enterprise AI: how pilots reach production, how value is measured, and how governance becomes part of delivery rather than a final checkpoint. I write in English and Turkish. Everything here reflects my own views, written on my own time and unaffiliated with any employer. If an essay is wrong, I’d genuinely like to hear why.
Short bio — copy freely for podcasts and events
Burak Galiba is an Istanbul-based technology and product leader with 25 years inside large enterprises. He writes in English and Turkish about enterprise AI transformation—how pilots reach production, how ROI is measured, and how governance shapes delivery. He publishes essays and a free AI readiness assessment at burakgaliba.com.
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