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Published on 20.02.2026
TLDR: When organizations deploy AI, productivity typically drops before it climbs -- a phenomenon Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson calls the "productivity J-curve." Siemens' experience in their Erlangen electronics factory illustrates both the pain and the payoff: a 25 percent cut in reactive maintenance time, but only after navigating a difficult adoption dip that most leadership teams fail to anticipate.
Link: Your AI rollout isn't failing, it's following a pattern