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An executive describes years of investment in data infrastructure. A transformation program is underway, and the team is doing serious work. They have reached the reasonable conclusion that they need to finish the transformation before they can start implementing AI. Here's what I tell them: \"Finished\" is a condition that never arrives. Waiting for a finished data estate can delay the value that organizations could start proving today. Across global enterprises, 97% are running active AI initiatives, but only 5% say their data is ready to support them. Most treat that gap as a reason to wait. But the organizations pulling ahead treat the gap as a starting point. 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