Seven Things I’ve Learned Getting Companies to Use AI

Mike Taylor, Every’s head of tech consulting, distills lessons from consulting engagements on AI adoption. Written in response to Sam Parr’s question about getting teams to use Claude, the piece was dictated through Monologue and shaped by Claude — itself a demonstration of the workflow.

The free preview reveals lesson #1: buy the model direct, not third-party tools. The remaining six lessons are paywalled, promising insights on why mandating AI adoption backfires and how to convert skeptics with a counterintuitive task assignment.

Taylor notes this started as a tweet thread that touched a nerve, suggesting the adoption gap is a widely felt pain point among companies trying to move beyond AI experimentation.

RDCO mapping: Directly relevant to our consulting positioning and any content about organizational AI adoption. The “buy direct” principle aligns with our own tool philosophy. The mandate-backfire insight is useful for framing the difference between top-down AI mandates and bottom-up adoption patterns. Flag: Monologue is an Every product (recurring mention, not external sponsor).