---
id: "quote-inaction-risk"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶2"]
tags: ["risk", "strategy"]
related: ["concept-inaction-risk-calculation"]
speaker: "Toby E. Stuart"
speakers: ["Toby E. Stuart"]
sources: ["execution"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-execution"
originDay: 8
articleStem: "hbr-cl-93-legacy-financial-all-in-genai"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/03/how-a-legacy-financial-institution-went-all-in-on-gen-ai"
sourceTitle: "How a Legacy Financial Institution Went All In on Gen AI"
---
# The Risk of Standing Still

## Quote — The Risk of Standing Still

> "The move was based on a contrarian calculation: in the early days of generative AI, standing still actually posed a far higher risk to the company's future than aggressively adopting a highly imperfect technology."

**— [[entity-toby-e-stuart|Toby E. Stuart]]**

### Context
The thesis sentence of the entire case. → [[concept-inaction-risk-calculation]], [[claim-inaction-is-riskier]], [[contrarian-inaction-over-caution]].