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AI Tools Are the Easy Part. Here's Why Most Transformations Stop Short.

Three organisations — IKEA, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and DBS Bank — asked a different question before deploying AI. The results are specific, verified, and instructive.
September 21, 2026 by
AI Tools Are the Easy Part. Here's Why Most Transformations Stop Short.
Jon Scheele

Most organisations have moved past "should we adopt AI?" and into "we have AI tools deployed — why doesn't the organisation feel different?"

The answer, in almost every case, is the same. The tools were deployed. The work was not redesigned.

This whitepaper looks at three organisations — IKEA, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and DBS Bank — that asked a different question before deploying. The results are specific, verified, and instructive for any organisation navigating AI transformation.

What you'll find inside:

  • The IKEA case: how 8,500 call-centre workers were retrained as design consultants, generating €1.3 billion in new annual revenue
  • The TTSH case: Singapore's most rigorously documented example of co-designed AI job redesign — with a 288% increase in nurse-led medication reviews and a 42% reduction in patient falls
  • The DBS Bank case: why measurement infrastructure needs to come before deployment
  • Three principles that separate genuine redesign from theatre

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