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id: "prereq-ai-workflow-understanding"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["¶2", "§ A Transformation Across Industries"]
tags: ["ai", "enterprise-software"]
related: ["claim-ai-roi-failure"]
reason: "Necessary to understand why the 'capability mirage' is particularly damaging to modern, high-cost AI investments."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-33-new-tools-workforce-training"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/12/the-new-tools-that-can-improve-workforce-training"
sourceTitle: "The New Tools That Can Improve Workforce Training"
---
# Understanding of AI Enterprise Integration

## Prerequisite: Understanding of AI Enterprise Integration

The text assumes the reader understands the basic premise of **enterprise AI integration** (e.g., AI-powered analytics platforms) and *why* employees might struggle to adopt these workflows — reverting to legacy tools like Excel.

**Why it's required:** without this, the reader can't see why [[concept-capability-mirage|the capability mirage]] is *especially* costly today — it is applied to high-cost, high-expectation AI investments. This prerequisite is the setup for [[claim-ai-roi-failure]].