# A Model for Understanding AI Success in Organizations

DevFeed: [A Model for Understanding AI Success in Organizations](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tbm-431-the-denominator-that-matters-40057.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-431-the-denominator-that-matters>)

Author: John Cutler

Published: 2026-07-19T15:21:27Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Beautiful Mess](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-beautiful-mess.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>), [domain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/domain.md>), [iteration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iteration.md>), [Risk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/risk.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/context.md>), [domain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/domain.md>), [iteration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iteration.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents a multiplicative model for AI success based on technology understanding, problem understanding, practice evolution, and an organizational social contract. It argues that missing any essential factor can undermine the outcome, while resistance to AI mandates may reflect rational self-preservation and insufficient evidence.

## Source excerpt

Here's a simple model for thinking about AI success in organizations.