---
id: "action-audit-efficiency-bias"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ A Diagnostic for Leaders"]
tags: ["strategic-planning", "resource-allocation"]
related: ["concept-growth-blindspot", "framework-ai-strategic-diagnostic", "concept-multiple-expansion"]
action: "Audit current AI investments to identify and correct an over-reliance on cost-reduction initiatives."
outcome: "A rebalanced AI portfolio that explicitly targets revenue generation and multiple expansion."
speakers: ["Shlomo Benartzi", "Randall Long", "Stefano Puntoni"]
sources: ["spine"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-spine"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-tier1-04-ai-for-growth"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/companies-are-using-ai-for-efficiency-they-should-use-it-to-grow"
sourceTitle: "Companies Are Using AI for Efficiency. They Should Use It to Grow."
---
# Audit AI Roadmap for Efficiency Bias

**Do:** Review the organization's current AI investment roadmap to determine whether it is predominantly cost-reduction / operational-efficiency focused. If so, redirect strategic attention and resources toward an explicit **'AI-for-growth' agenda** with dedicated leadership accountability and clear revenue metrics.

**Why:** Corrects the [[concept-growth-blindspot]]; it is question 1 of the [[framework-ai-strategic-diagnostic]].

**Outcome:** A rebalanced AI portfolio that explicitly targets revenue generation and [[concept-multiple-expansion]].


## Related across articles
- [[action-cap-parity-investment]]