The AI Decision Map

Subtitle: How Leaders Can Navigate Hype, Beat the Bubble, and Deliver Real Value

Author: Vin Mitty, PhD (Dr. Vinayak Mitty)

Status: Coming soon — pre-order information forthcoming. Join the waitlist at vmitty.com/book

The Problem This Book Solves

Over 95% of AI initiatives fail to deliver measurable business value — not because of bad technology, but because of misalignment, unclear goals, fragile data foundations, and lack of trust in AI systems. The AI Decision Map was written to fix that.

What This Book Helps You Do

1. Cut through hype and confusion — understand why AI projects fail and separate real value from impressive demos
2. Choose the right problems to solve — a decision framework guiding leaders toward high-value, low-regret use cases
3. Measure whether AI is working — the AI Value Review™ provides a disciplined quarterly evaluation
4. Build adoption and trust — AI resistance is human, not technical; learn how to scale across teams
5. Prepare for responsible AI — governance, literacy, and cultural readiness explained without jargon

Who This Book Is For

• Executives responsible for AI strategy
• Business leaders integrating AI into operations, products, or marketing
• Data and analytics leaders building mature capabilities
• Entrepreneurs navigating the next wave of AI autonomy
• Anyone who wants clarity without becoming a data scientist

Inside the Book — Five Parts

• Part I — The AI Mirage: Why AI adoption fails and how hype distorts decision-making
• Part II — The AI Decision Map™: Identify real problems, evaluate risk, and choose the right intelligence for the job
• Part III — The AI Value Review™: Measure outcomes, learn from results, and prove ROI on a quarterly cycle
• Part IV — Leadership and Culture: Build trust, literacy, and sustained AI adoption across the organization
• Part V — Responsible Horizons: Prepare for the next decade — agentic AI systems, responsible governance, and what comes next

Why Vin Mitty Wrote This

Written from three lenses: Practitioner (two decades leading data/AI teams), Researcher (PhD on technology adoption and UTAUT), and Curator (insights from hundreds of industry leader conversations on the Data Democracy podcast).

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