AI moved from strategy to the center of corporate leadership

AI moved from an investment priority to an organizational and governance question, as companies redesigned roles, consolidated infrastructure leadership, and asked boards to tie deployments to measurable business value. Leadership pressure also intensified around succession, content strategy, operational recovery, and representation in senior ranks.

Across the week, companies favored sharper strategic bets, from Valterra's mining and demand reset to deeper operating commitments in Europe and India.