From Hype to Impact: Turning AI into Enterprise Value

How do you turn AI from pilots and hype into real enterprise value? Sean Morris and Jack Fisher from Nasstar share a practical AI adoption framework for CIOs, covering AI strategy, AI readiness, agentic AI and Microsoft Copilot adoption. Many organisations are still struggling to turn AI initiatives into tangible business benefits. Sean and Jack start with why AI is a paradigm shift on the scale of cloud, and with Microsoft's Frontier Firm idea of moving from personal productivity, to task-based agents, to humans and agents working together in teams. They explain what the fastest moving organisations have in common: senior leadership buy-in, bringing people with you on the change, and real technology readiness across security, data and identity. Then they walk through the Nasstar AI Adoption Framework, from strategy, advisory and use cases with a business case behind them, through AI readiness and data security, to adoption through champions programmes and a centre of excellence. Along the way they cover measuring value rather than usage, keeping token costs under control, and why agents need lifecycle management and ongoing support once they are in production. Speakers: Sean Morris, CTO, Microsoft business, Nasstar Jack Fisher, Solutions Architect, Nasstar Recorded at the CIO Inspired Summit, Carton House, Ireland, September 2026, by Inspired Business Media. The CIO Inspired Summit brings technology leaders together to drive innovation, accelerate digital transformation and shape the future of the enterprise. Inspired Business Media runs the Inspired Summits, bringing senior technology, security, marketing and AI leaders together with the brands that support them through solution-driven events and media. Find out more and see upcoming summits at https://inspiredbusinessmedia.com #CIO #EnterpriseAI #AIAdoption #Nasstar #InspiredBusinessMedia