---
id: "entity-bcg-d42"
type: "entity"
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "Boston Consulting Group"
aliases: ["BCG"]
source_timestamps: ["§ When Empathy Goes"]
tags: ["consulting", "survey-data"]
related: ["claim-leader-perception-gap", "concept-ai-adoption-gap"]
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-edu-42-empathetic-leadership-ai-adoption"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/empathetic-leadership-can-make-or-break-ai-adoption"
sourceTitle: "Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption"
---
# BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

**Role in this source:** Data provider — cited for a survey demonstrating the executive perception gap regarding AI.

**Profile:** Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm that publishes surveys on AI adoption, readiness, and executive-vs-employee perceptions. The cited survey found **76%** of executives believed employees were enthusiastic about AI adoption, whereas actual employee enthusiasm was only **31%** — the headline figure behind [[claim-leader-perception-gap]] and [[concept-ai-adoption-gap]].

**Enrichment / confidence:** BCG has published multiple AI-adoption surveys; publicly available summaries show gaps but do not always match these exact numbers. Treat the specific percentages as reported figures from this BCG survey. **Canonical reference:** bcg.com.


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