The AI Leader’s Playbook is an infographic based on the 2025 Forrester Consulting Opportunity Snapshot, commissioned by Akamai, exploring how enterprise leaders balance risk, resilience, and ROI in AI.
Key takeaways
- Navigating risk, building resilience: AI leaders are balancing rapid innovation with operational control to deliver measurable results.
- Driving ROI today: Seventy-six percent use AI to improve customer experience and 71% to boost retention — proving AI’s role as a driver of growth, not just efficiency.
- Removing roadblocks tomorrow: Organizations are closing technology and talent gaps to scale AI responsibly and reduce risk.
- Laying the foundation for scale: Cloud native and managed inferencing are expanding as enterprises prepare for the next wave of AI adoption.
- Clear the path ahead: The Forrester study, commissioned by Akamai, shows how today’s leaders turn AI momentum into resilient, scalable success across cloud and edge environments.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
AI is accelerating faster than ever — leaders must prove ROI today, remove operational barriers tomorrow, and build a scalable foundation for the future.
It summarizes how global enterprises are expanding AI initiatives, managing risk, and using cloud native infrastructure to scale responsibly.
This infographic distills the Forrester Opportunity Snapshot, commissioned by Akamai, into a concise, visual format designed for quick strategic insight and leadership storytelling.